noon
When the early breakfast was over they went out about the place , through the peach-orchard and the vineyard still dewy , lingering in the shade of a plum-tree , finding all matters to be of interest . For a time they watched and laughed at the two calves through the bars of the corral , cavorting feebly on stiffened legs while the bereaved mothers cast languishing glances at them from outside , conscious that their milk was being basely diverted from the rightful heirs . They picked many blossoms and talked of many things . There was no idle moment from early morning until high noon ; and yet , though they were very busy , they achieved absolutely nothing . In the afternoon Prudence donned her own sombrero , and they went to the cañon to fish . From a clump of the yellowish green willows that fringed the stream , Follett cut a slender wand . To this he fixed a line and a tiny hook that he had carried in his hat , and for the rest of the distance to the cañon 's mouth he collected such grasshoppers as lingered too long in his shadow .