So then I got out the Handbook and showed him the picture of it and read him what it said.

Gee williger, I don't see where there was any harm in that, do you?
I read him the three conditions and the four sub-divisions.
"So you see, that means keeping your eyes open all right," I told him, "because you have to be all the time watching for signs and tracks in the snow or in the dirt, so as you can tell where a bird went, maybe, and sneak up and watch him." "That's one thing I can do," he said, "sneak.

I'm a little sneak, everybody said so." Good night, that kid was the limit! "I don't mean that way," I told him, "but you have to _stalk_.

That means to follow a bird or an animal and watch them without them knowing anything about it--see ?" He said, all excited like, "I can sneak up on 'em, so then can I have the badge--for sneaking--like you said ?" Gee whiz, I just sat back and laughed.

Then I said, "_Stalking badge_; not sneaking, but _stalking_.