Then two strong poles, each six feet long, were laid into notches at the ends of the short logs.

About seventy-five straight sticks of willow were cut and woven with willow bark into a lattice, three feet wide and six feet long.

This, laid on the poles, furnished a spring mattress, on which a couple of blankets made a most comfortable couch, dry, warm, and off the ground.

In addition to the lodge cover, each bed had a dew cloth which gave perfect protection, no matter how the storm might rage outdoors.

There was no hardship in it, only a new-found pleasure, to sleep and breathe the pure night air of the woods.
The Grass Moon--April--had passed, and the Song Moon was waxing, with its hosts of small birds, and one of Rolf's early discoveries was that many of these love to sing by night.