Get a sure shot anyhow, if it takes you all day.

It must be something big enough to last us awhile, too.

You mustn't shoot at anything less than a turkey or a 'possum, and you mustn't shoot at all till you get _very_ close, because if you miss, we will starve.
Better take all day to-day and all day to-morrow than to miss when you fire." And after many instructions and cautionings, Tom sallied forth in search of game.

Going into the woods for a considerable distance, he sat down on a log in the thick undergrowth and waited patiently for the appearance of some animal which could be eaten.

Hour after hour passed, and Tom fell asleep.