CHAPTER XVI 

FRANK KILLS A DEER 

They plodded through the bush for an hour or two without seeing any living thing except a few pigeons, and Harry began to look doubtful. 

"If it was early morning, I'd try one of the rock outcrops where nothing grows," he observed. "The deer get up on to those places out of the dew then. As it's afternoon, I don't know which way to head." 

Frank glanced at his clothes. Keen as he was on hunting, he would not have been sorry to head for home, for his duck trousers were badly torn and one of his boots which had been rather the worse for wear when he started was almost dropping off his foot. They trudged on, however, and accident favored them, as it often does when one is hunting, for at last when they were in very thick bush Harry dropped suddenly behind a patch of withered fern. 

"Look there!" he said softly. "Right ahead of you yonder." 

Frank gazed ahead with straining eyes, but he could only see the great trunks stretching back in serried ranks. He had heard somewhat to his astonishment that it is not often that a novice can see a deer in the bush even when it is pointed out to him, but now, it seemed, the thing was true. He could have declared that there was not a deer anywhere within the range of his vision. 

"Right in front," whispered Harry, impatiently. "About seventy yards off. Oh, look yonder!" 
What time of day was it?
Had they caught anything so far?
How long had they been walking without seeing anything?
Was Frank ready to go home?
Did he like hunting?
Did his boots fit?
What kind of pants was he wearing?
Were they in good condition?
What was wrong with them?
What did Harry drop behind?
If it were morning where would they have gone?
Can deer be found there?
Why do they like it there?
morning
 it was early morning
No
n hour or two without seeing any living thing 
an hour or two
plodded through the bush for an hour or two
Yes
he would not have been sorry to head for home
Yes
Keen as he was on hunting,
it was almost dropping off his foot
worse for wear when he started was almost dropping off his foot
duck trousers
 duck trousers
No
uck trousers were badly torn
they were torn
trousers were badly torn 
a patch of fern.
Harry dropped suddenly behind a patch of withered fern. 
one of the rock outcrops where nothing grows,
morning, I'd try one of the rock outcrops where nothing grows,"
Yes
The deer get up on to those places
because it's out of the dew
"The deer get up on to those places out of the dew