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Then they took more water and poured it in a hollow on one side of the pit bottom . `` Now he wo n't go thirsty for a long time , '' said Shep . They cooked themselves a good breakfast and a little later set off across the hills in the direction of the end of Firefly Lake . It was their purpose to get to the lake by noon if possible , and then strike out along the rocky watercourse leading to Lake Cameron . `` We 'll have to be careful how we tackle that hermit , '' said the doctor 's son . `` He may be the craziest kind of a lunatic . '' `` I 've got an idea , '' said Snap .