TELLS ABOUT GEOGRAPHY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF First we tried to find Skinny to take him with us, but he wasn't anywhere around.

Somebody told us they thought he was off somewhere with Uncle Jeb.

I guess maybe Uncle Jeb didn't know anything about all the talk, because that was often the way it was with him.

And even if he did know, maybe he took Skinny anyway.

One thing sure, I hoped it was true, because whenever a fellow goes off with Uncle Jeb, he tells him all about the trees and things like that.