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Now I'm going to write another chapter till I have to go to scout meeting. I have to get there at eight o'clock, but if I don't get there till seven it won't make any difference. Even if I didn't get there at all, Pee-wee would be satisfied, but most always he's never satisfied, especially about eats; say it with eats, that's his motto. Anyway, this story isn't about Bridgeboro where I am now; it's about Temple Camp. Bridgeboro is where I live, it's a good place to start out from, I'll say that much for it. Anyway, I've had some pretty good fun there. I live in a dandy big house, it's a two part house, it's got an inside and an outside and I like the outside best, because it's bigger -- anyway, this story isn't about Bridgeboro.
So then the four of us decided that as long as we were in a grand mixup together we'd stick together and have a hike the next morning. And that's what this story is about -- that hike. Some hike! The other fellow, the one that had on a bathing suit, was named Egg Sandwich and I guess that's why Pee-wee wanted him to go. That wasn't really his name; his name was Egbert Sanderson, but everybody called him Egg Sandwich for short. He comes from Rye, New York, so I guess he's made of rye bread, but anyway, I like frankfurters better.