"Camp-out?"
"Ay, beside the bear--keep it company all night with a big fire to scare
away the wolves. We'll put everything into the hut, block up the door,
and kindle a huge fire outside that will burn nearly all night. So now,
let's go about it at once."
Although Nelly did not much relish the idea of leaving their comfortable
hut, and going out to encamp in the snow beside the carcase of a dead
bear, she was so accustomed to regard her brother's plans as perfect,
and to obey him promptly, that she at once began to assist in the
necessary preparations. Having secured everything safely in the hut,
and kindled a fire near it, which was large enough to have roasted an
ox, they set off for the bear-trap, and reached it in time to scare away
a large wolf which was just going to begin his supper on bruin.
An encampment was then made in the usual way, close to the bear-trap, a
fire as large as could be conveniently made was kindled, and the brother
and sister wrapped themselves in their blankets and lay comfortably down
beside it to spend the night there.