about five
o'clock in the afternoon
Again the cover of that giant box was opened . A porcupine was dropped inside . The cover went on again . This was , at a guess , about five o'clock in the afternoon . The chunky man said drearily , `` If this is supposed to be the way they 'll feed us , they coulda picked something easier to eat than a porcupine ! '' The box now held four men , three rabbits -- panting in terror in one corner -- half a dozen game birds and the just-arrived porcupine . All the wild creatures shrank away from the men .