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`` Then whoever owns him will want him back , '' was Songbird 's comment . `` Well , I guess he can travel with us until somebody claims him , '' said Tom ; and so it was decided . On the following morning there was the promise of a storm in the air , and the boys felt a bit blue over the prospects . But , by nine o'clock , the sun came out as brightly as ever and they were correspondingly elated . `` I do n't care to do any camping out in wet weather , '' said Fred . `` I got enough of that at the Hall . '' `` Well , when you camp out , you must take what comes , as the shark said when he swallowed a naval officer and found a sword sticking in his throat , '' answered Tom .