Not being able to see things makes it seem farther, I guess." The encouraging sound of a cow mooing reached them the next minute.

"That must be the one we heard yesterday," said Han.

"I suppose there's just one on the island and it's set to go off at the same time every day." "If there's a cow over there," said Perry, staring into the fog, "maybe there's a farmhouse.

Let's have a look." "All right, but we're just as likely to walk into a swamp as find a house." But a very few steps off the highway put them on a narrow lane and presently the big bulk of a barn loomed ahead.

The house was soon located and ten minutes later, having purchased two quarts of milk and four dozen eggs, they retraced their steps.