The Ravens went off for a hike.

A Saturday spent alone was more than the soul of Pee-wee could endure, so he conquered his foolish pride and went up to Connie Bennett's house to find out what the Elks were going to do.

He would not join in with the Elks, he told himself, but he would pal with any single Elk, or even with two or three.

That would be all right as long as he did not foist himself upon a whole patrol.

"Eight's a company, nine's a crowd, gee whiz, I have to admit that," he said to himself.