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Show 14 was ;L big a· two or three roon1s hunched togctl1er, <nHl .I im c uhl stand up straight in it. It wa cool in there. JjtH W<t.· for putting ur traps in there, right away, but I aid we clidn't. wanL to be clitnbing up and down there all the ti1ne. Jitn snid if we had the canoe hid in a good place', and !tad all the trap· in the cavern, we conlcl ru.' h there if anybody \ra. to ron1c to the i.'land, and t h y would never find us \ri t ltonL dog.'. And besides, he aiel tl1e1n little bird· lmtl said jt, \ras going to rain, and <..licl I want the things to gc't \vet ( ~o w went back and got the can e an<l paddlc'J up abr<'a~t 1 he cavern, and lugged all thP trap up t h('rc. Then W<' ] nn1 h'cl 11p a plac(' clo. c by to hide the canoe in, among:t t h<' t hjck \rillow.. \\'"c. took some fi ·hoff of tlH' lines and set thcnt agai11, ancl O<'gun to get ready for dinner. Th" (loor of the cavern was big enough to roll a hogDlH'ncl jn, anu 011 one ide of the door th floor tuck out a lit tlc bit and wa · Hat and a good place to build a fire on. ~ •o \YC huiH it t herP ancl coolu'cl dinner. \Y c sprracl the blank ts in .. idc for a carpet, and eai our <linner in t her . ''re put all the other things handy at the hack of the cavern. Pr tty soon it clarkcn d up and begun to i hunder and lighten; so the birds was right about it. Directly it brgun to rain, and it rained like all fury, too, and I ncr<'r .·ec: the wind blow. o. It was on f the:e regular sutnmcr :-;torn1.. It would g t so clark that it ] oked all blue-black out- ·ide, an lloYely; nnd the rain wonl<l thra, h along by so tltick i hat i hP t rPcs off a little way· looked dim and spid<'r-wc\bby; and hen~ ·would cmne a blast of wind that would bend the trc(':-: clown and turn np the pale under .. ide of th leaves; and th(lll n. pcrf<'ct ripp r of a gu t would follow along and set the branch('s to tos.'ing ih ir arm as if they wa: ju. t wild; and next, when jt was just about the bluest and black st- jst J it wa. as bright a' glory ancl you~d have a little glimp. e of tree- tops a-plunging TilE CArL'. ,..._ lt.1 about., away ofT yondrr in i he) stonn, hundrP<l:-; of yard: furth e-r t han ,v, on could s~e bc:forr ; dark a · :-;in agn i 11 in H ~rconcl, and now yon\1 lH'ar th thuncler l('t go with an awful crash an<l then go rumbling, gru111hling, hnnbling down th<' sky towards ilH' under si<l<~ of t h<~ world, like rolling Pmpty barrel: <lownst air~, ,rhrre it ~s lo11g stairs and 1 hey boune(' a goo<l cl<'al, yon kno\r. ".Jim, this is nic(~;' I says. "I \vouldn't wmlt to b(' no- -- - l~ TilE CAVE. whcr el:-;c but h rc. I>ass lllC along another hunk f fi ·h anU some hot corn-bread." "\V 11, you wouldn·t a ben h re, 'f it badn'~ a b n for .Ji:n: You'd a bc.~n down dah in de woods widout any d1nner, rn gtt.tnl mos' drownded, too, dat you would, bon y. Chick n.' know when it· gwyne to rain, en so do d bird., chile." The ri vcr went on rai ing and raising for t l'll or twel re dny · ' |