Familiarity breeds contempt, they say; maybe he won't get to thinkin' too much of it if he's got it around under his nose all the time.

Same as everything else.

It's the finding that hits a feller hardest, Bud--the hunting for it and dreaming about it and not finding it.

What say we go up to the claim for an hour or so?
Take the kid along.

It won't hurt him if he's bundled up good.