That's one, place we KNOW has got grass and water both.

If you come and don't see any sign of us, wait a day before you start back to town.

We'll do the same.

And leave a note anchored in the crack of that big bowlder by the spring, telling the news.

We'll do the same if we get there first and don't wait for you." He hesitated, betraying that even in his eagerness he too dreaded the parting of the ways.