CHAPTER XI 

CHRISTMAS IN SMUGGLERS' HOLLOW 

"Merry Christmas!" 

At the sound of Pat's roar the three guests hastily tumbled out of their bunks with answering greetings. A cheerful fire blazed up the chimney and added its flickering light to that of a couple of candles, for the sun was not yet up. Alec was cutting bacon and Pat was mixing flapjack batter. 

"Breakfast will be ready in fifteen minutes, and the one who isn't ready goes hungry," he announced. 

"It won't be yours truly," declared Hal, reaching for his clothes. 

"My tummy, oh, my tummy! It gives me such a pain! I wonder will it ever---- 

"Say, who swiped one of my socks? I can't find but one, and I left 'em together." He began to toss things left and right in search of the missing article. 

Meanwhile Upton was down on his knees fumbling under his bunk. At Hal's complaint he looked up suspiciously. "I can't find one of mine," he sputtered. "Somebody's been putting up a job on us. Hi! What the----" He finished by pointing toward the fireplace. 

Hal looked. There hung his missing sock. Also one of Upton's and one of Sparrer's, all three misshapen and bulging. 

"Ut would not be Christmas an' we did not hang the childer's stockings," announced Pat gravely. 

With a whoop the three boys fell on the stockings. Entering into the spirit of the occasion they seated themselves on the floor in front of the fire and pulled out the contents as gleefully as ever they had emptied Christmas stockings at home in their younger days. The gifts were trifling in themselves, but the better for that very fact. There were little packages of spruce-gum, a carved paper-knife, a tiny birch-bark canoe, whistles made from buck's horn, a rabbit's foot charm, and other knickknacks of the woods. Pat's voice broke into the midst of the babel produced by the discovery of the socks and their contents. "Five minutes for those who want breakfast," he announced. 
who was missing a sock ?
did he find it ?
how many boys fell on the stockings ?
how long would breakfast be ready ?
name 2 of the gifts
the whistles are made from what ?
it would not be christmas if they did not do what ?
who said that ?
whats wrong with his tummy ?
at the end, how long would breakfast be ?
who said that ?
Hal, Upton, and Sparrer
"Say, who swiped one of my socks? I can't find but one, and I left 'em together." He began to toss things left and right in search of the missing article. 

Meanwhile Upton was down on his knees fumbling under his bunk. At Hal's complaint he looked up suspiciously. "I can't find one of mine," he sputtered. "Somebody's been putting up a job on us. Hi! What the----" He finished by pointing toward the fireplace. 

Hal looked. There hung his missing sock. Also one of Upton's and one of Sparrer's, all three misshapen and bulging. 
yes
Hal looked. There hung his missing sock. Also one of Upton's and one of Sparrer's, all three misshapen and bulging. 
three
With a whoop the three boys fell on the stockings. 
fifteen
"Breakfast will be ready in fifteen minutes, and the one who isn't ready goes hungry," he announced. 

spruce-gum and a carved paper-knife
There were little packages of spruce-gum, a carved paper-knife, a tiny birch-bark canoe, whistles made from buck's horn, a rabbit's foot charm, and other knickknacks of the woods.
buck's horn
whistles made from buck's horn
hang the childer's stockings
"Ut would not be Christmas an' we did not hang the childer's stockings," announced Pat gravely. 
Pat
"Ut would not be Christmas an' we did not hang the childer's stockings," announced Pat gravely. 
it was in pain
"My tummy, oh, my tummy! It gives me such a pain! I wonder will it ever---- 
five
 "Five minutes for those who want breakfast," he announced. 
Pat
Pat's voice broke into the midst of the babel produced by the discovery of the socks and their contents. "Five minutes for those who want breakfast," he announced.