"Don't mention it, please."

It took a quarter of an hour's hard journeying to reach a point where
the gully was only four or five feet deep, and here they left the
hollow with ease. They were now further away from the lake than ever
and in a locality that looked new to them.

"I don't remember this spot, although I thought we were all over this
ground last summer," observed Snap.

"A place looks different in winter from what it does in summer," said
Shep.

"Then that must be it."

"I reckon that moose must be 'steen miles from here by this time,"
said Whopper. "He must have heard Giant's gun go off."

As they could see nothing of the strange game, they agreed that
Whopper must be right in his surmise and so determined to look around
for other game. They circled the end of Firefly Lake, and then walked
a short distance in the direction of Lake Cameron.

"Wait!" called out Whopper, presently, "Snap, let me have your
shotgun." And he reached for the weapon.

"What do you see?"

"A wild turkey, and a big one, too."