As for Poopy, she sat down on a rock a short way off, and began to smile and talk to herself in a manner so utterly idiotical that an ignorant observer would certainly have judged her to be insane.
They were thus agreeably employed, when an event occurred which changed the current of their thoughts, and led to consequences of a somewhat serious nature.

The event, however, was in itself insignificant.

It was nothing more than the sudden appearance of a wild pig among the bushes close at hand..