27/28 But, see, in the trees above there is a roadway, and on the ground below there are other paths for the things of the forest who neither fly nor climb. These trees lie in the way of such a road. On the ground, if you had looked you would have seen the spoor of the red pig and other things of the forest." "By Jove, yes!" and the boys stared at the unfamiliar spoor of animals. "But why do they use this particular part of the forest ?" "That we shall see, for our way lies now along this ground-path. The little people have done their tracking. |