The top of the stub was within easy reach, and the whole tree was entirely free of bark or limbs, a fact which in his present excitement did not strike him as especially unusual.

Swinging his rifle strap over his shoulders he reached out, caught the slender apex of the stub, and before the others could offer a word of encouragement or warning was sliding down the wall of the rock into the chasm.

Wabi was close behind him, and not waiting for Mukoki's descent the two boys hurried toward the cabin.

Half-way to it Wabi stopped.
"This isn't fair.

We've got to wait for Muky." They looked back.