noon
Not having any towels with which to dry himself , he was obliged to sit in the sun until the moisture had been dried from his skin and he could put his clothes on once more . Then he started out on his walk again , feeling that sooner or later he would come out all right . All this time he had been traveling without any guide to tell him whether he was going straight ahead or around in a circle , and he now concluded to follow the course of the brook , believing that that would lead him out of the forest some time . During the afternoon he walked steadily , but not so fast that he would get exhausted quickly , and when by the position of the sun he judged that it was noon he lay down on a mossy bank to rest . He was beginning to feel sad again . He had found no more berries , and the elation which had been caused by his breakfast and his bath was quickly passing away . The old monkey was in a tree almost directly above his head , stretched out on one of the limbs in the most contented manner possible ; and as Toby watched him , and thought of all the trouble he had caused by wasting the food , thoughts of starvation again came into his mind , and he believed that he should not live to see Uncle Daniel again .