The first night in camp, when he was sleeping next to
Bunker Blue, in a little part of the tent that had been curtained off
for them, Tom awakened Bunker, by reaching over and punching him in the
ribs.
"Hey, listen to that!" cried Tom.
"To what?" asked Bunker, only half awake.
"Somebody is outside the tent, calling: 'Who? Who? Who?'" said Tom. "I
didn't do anything, did you? What do they holler 'who' for?"
Bunker listened. Surely enough he heard very plainly:
"Who? Who? Too-who?"
"Hear it?" asked Tom.
"Yes, it's only an owl," Bunker answered. "There's lots of 'em in these
woods."
"What's an owl?" Tom wanted to know.
"Oh, it's a bird with big eyes, and it can only see at night. It comes
out to get mice and bugs. Owls won't hurt you. Go on to sleep."
Tom did not go to sleep at once. But he was no longer afraid of the owl.
Tom was just going to sleep once more, when he heard another funny
noise. This time he was sure some one said:
"Katy did! Katy did! Katy did!"
Tom sat up in his cot. He reached over to punch Bunker, to ask him what
this was, when all at once, another voice cried:
"Katy didn't! Katy didn't! Katy didn't!"
"Listen to that, now, would you!" exclaimed Tom.
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