the midday sun
Foot by foot the three came to the top of the ridge . There Mukoki straightened himself , and stood erect . There were no signs of a living creature about them . Down in the dip nestled the little lake , gleaming in the midday sun . They could make out the debris of the burned cabin in which they had passed their hunting season , and close to this was the pack which Mukoki had dropped there the night before . No one had molested it . Wabi 's face relaxed .