They hungered to learn and here was the Handbook with many things in it to study, and through Doctor Joe and the book they were to learn the joy of play.
The new recruits to the troop, however, as well as the Angus boys, had been close students of their native wilderness.

Their eyes were sharp and their ears were quick.

They knew every tree and flower and plant that grew about them.

They knew the birds and their calls and songs.
They knew every animal, its cry and its habits of life.

They knew the fish of the sea and lake and stream.