"No. I guess they don't know about that. They went down to the hill."
"What for?"
"Search me. They kept asking about the noise I heard. Listen, did the
animals eat the meat?"
"Well," said Slim, cautiously, "they were sort of _looking_ at it and
smelling it or something."
"Okay," Red said, "I guess they'll eat it. Holy Smokes, they've got to
eat _something_. Let's walk along toward the hill and see what Dad and
your father are going to do."
"What about the animals?"
"They'll be all right. A fellow can't spend all his time on them. Did
you give them water?"
"Sure. They drank that."
"See. Come on. We'll look at them after lunch. I tell you what. We'll
bring them fruit. Anything'll eat fruit."
Together they trotted up the rise, Red, as usual, in the lead.
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