He had finished washing and was combing his hair with Buddy’s comb, while thoughtfully looking at the ground, when he noticed them. He remembered the running footsteps the night before and handed the comb to Buddy and went over to the tree where the footprints began, and bent down to examine them. “Hey!” Buddy said as he combed his tousled mop of red hair. “Now what have you lost?” “Nothing,” Djuna said very calmly for any one who was as excited as he was. “Remember those sounds last night just before we went in the wagon to go to bed? Like someone running?” “Sure. It was a cow that was going to jump over the moon,” Buddy said, and he snickered. “I’ll bet you it was two men!” Djuna said, and he let some of his inward excitement climb into his voice. “Look here. You see the ground is soft here because of the overflow from the spring. You can see where they were standing and you can tell there were two men, because one of them had just plain smooth soles on his shoes and the other one had soles with crossed welts in them.”
What do You think about The Red Chipmunk Mystery (1948)?
