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Pee-wee was so excited he could hardly speak. "We don't have to hurry," he said, "because nobody saw me -- I didn't make a sound. Listen, it's bandits! I crept around to the other side of the place and there isn't any canvas there at all. The top is all covered with brush like you said and underneath there's a couple of blankets where people sleep. _Listen_ -- there are pistols -- three of them -- one great big one -- I _saw_ them. And I saw a mask or something like bandits use -- black. Even a shotgun I saw -- listen -- there's nobody in there now, but you can bet I didn't wait."
"Are you sure you're not dreaming? " I asked him.