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`` Be thankful that he did n't try to pick out your eyes . '' `` Yes , that is what I was looking out for , '' answered Shep . Having secured the game , they moved onward once more , up a small hill and then through the hollow beyond . But though they kept on until noon nothing further worth shooting at presented itself . Sitting down in the sun , the boys ate their lunch and took a drink from a tiny brook flowing into the lake . Then they tramped onward once more for another mile . `` Humph !