This we did now, but still revolved the best plans and the most fortunate possibilities in our minds.

We talked of the time when we should be able to show hospitality to our friends, and to strangers who might need our open hand as we had needed the favors which strangers had shown us in the last few days.
We ate our supper of good meat, with a dessert of good beans our kind friends had given us, and enjoyed it greatly.

As we sat in silence a flock of the prettiest, most graceful birds came marching along, and halted as if to get a better view of our party.

We admired them so much that we made not a move, but waited, and they fearlessly walked on again.

We could see that there were two which were larger than the rest, and from twelve to twenty smaller ones.