The boys went back to camp, a good deal awed; but they found there was still something to be thankful for, because the great sycamore, the shelter of their beds, was a ruin, now, blasted by the lightnings, and they were not under it when the catastrophe happened.
De knapen gingen vol angst naar hun kamp terug en bemerkten, dat zij nog reden tot dankbaarheid hadden, want de groote vijgeboom, onder welken zij des nachts hadden gerust, was door den bliksem vernield en aan splinters geslagen.