noon
`` Hungry ? You 'd better believe I 'm hungry ! '' answered the boy with a laugh that showed his white teeth with his blueberry-stained lips and face all around them . `` I thought I 'd have a lot of berries picked by noon , so I could row back to shore , sell 'em and get somethin' to eat . But the berries ai n't as ripe as I thought they 'd be -- it 's too early I guess -- so I 've got to go hungry . '' Nan whispered something to Bert who nodded . `` We 've got more sandwiches here , '' Bert said to the blueberry boy .