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It certainly did , but Yan replied , `` Well , let 's eat first . '' He delayed as much as possible so as to compel the making of a camp , and the rain came unexpectedly , before he even had a fire . Yet to his own delight and Peter 's astonishment he quickly made a rubbing-stick fire , and they hung up their wet clothes about it . Then he dug an Indian well and took lots of time in the preparation , so it was six o'clock before they began to eat , and seven when finished -- evidently too late to move out even though the rain seemed to be over . So Yan collected firewood , made a bed of Fir boughs and a windbreak of bushes and bark . The weather was warm , and with the fire and two blankets they passed a comfortable night . They heard their old friend the Horned Owl , a Fox barked his querulous '' _ Yap-yurr !