`` You 'll have to eat them if no one comes for us , '' said Nan , who felt like contradicting every thing just then . `` If we stay here a great many days , we shall eat up all the berries in the field , and then we shall starve , '' she added grimly . `` I shall eat sassafras . I know a big tree of it , and Dan told me how squirrels dig up the roots and eat them , and I love to dig , '' returned Rob , undaunted by the prospect of starvation . `` Yes ; and we can catch frogs , and cook them . My father ate some once , and he said they were nice , '' put in Nan , beginning to find a spice of romance even in being lost in a huckleberry pasture . `` How could we cook frogs ? we have n't got any fire . '' `` I do n't know ; next time I 'll have matches in my pocket , '' said Nan , rather depressed by this obstacle to the experiment in frog-cookery . `` Could n't we light a fire with a fire-fly ? '' asked Rob , hopefully , as he watched them flitting to and fro like winged sparks . `` Let 's try ; '' and several minutes were pleasantly spent in catching the flies , and trying to make them kindle a green twig or two . `` It 's a lie to call them fire-flies when there is n't a fire in them , '' Nan said , throwing one unhappy insect away with scorn , though it shone its best , and obligingly walked up and down the twigs to please the innocent little experimenters . `` Marmar 's a good while coming , '' said Rob , after another pause , during which they watched the stars overhead , smelt the sweet fern crushed under foot , and listened to the crickets ' serenade . `` I do n't see why God made any night ; day is so much pleasanter , '' said Nan , thoughtfully . `` It 's to sleep in , '' answered Rob , with a yawn . `` Then do go to sleep , '' said Nan , pettishly . `` I want my own bed . Oh , I wish I could see Teddy ! '' cried Rob , painfully reminded of home by the soft chirp of birds safe in their little nests .
`` I do n't believe your mother will ever find us , '' XXXXX Nan , who was becoming desperate , for she hated patient waiting of any sort .
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