About one in the morning
They built up their fire and turned in before the daylight had gone , for they were fatigued by the long journey they had made that day . ` If a scritch-owl turns up this time , ' chuckled Chippy , ` we 'll just turn over and let ` im scritch . ' ` And if a jackass rambles round , we wo n't be frightened and make three instead of one , ' laughed Dick . About one in the morning Dick was aroused from sleep by finding that he was very uncomfortable . The bed lacked the support of the side-logs , and the pine-tops had worked loose , and Dick had worked through them , and was lying on the ground . His hip-joint was aching , and the discomfort had awakened him . ` Hallo , ' thought Dick , on recognising what had happened , ` I 've reached the bottom shelf .