It isn't cold, and now we have a blanket we can wrap up in it
like the cowboys do. And we've something to eat and drink."
"But mother and daddy will be awful worried," said Janet.
"Well, they'll maybe come and find us," answered Teddy. "Look out!"
he cried. "Clipclap's going off again!"
Indeed the little pony seemed to want to walk away, and so did Star
Face.
"Maybe they know where to go to find water," suggested Janet.
"Maybe," agreed Ted. "Let's let 'em go, and we'll go with 'em. That
water in the canteen won't be enough till morning."
The children ate nearly all of the sandwiches, and put away the rest
of the food in the blanket which Teddy strapped around it. Then they
mounted their ponies, Ted taking the bundle with him, and let the
animals wander which way they would.
"They'll go to water if they're thirsty enough," Teddy said.
"Who do you s'pose dropped that bundle?" asked Janet.
"A cowboy," her brother answered.
"One from Ring Rosy Ranch?"
"Maybe."
"Oh, I hope he did, and that he's around here somewhere," went on
Janet. "I'm tired of being lost!"
"We've only just begun," Teddy said. But, truth to tell, he wished
very much that they were both safe back at the ranch house with their
mother.
On and on over the moonlit prairies went Star Face and Clipclap.
They seemed to know where they were going and did not stop. Ted and
Janet were too tired to guide them.
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