" "In some countries there are no trees to cut down," he said.
"That's the style," he added, when I began to laugh in spite of my
disappointment, "We'll soon get you educated up to it."
But already the Sanguine Scot had found the bright side of the situation,
and reminded us that we were in the Land of Plenty of Time. "There's
time enough for everything in the Never-Never," he said. "She'll have
many a pleasant ride along the Reach choosing trees for timber. Catching
the hare's often the best part of the fun."
Mac's cheery optimism always carried all before it. Pleasant rides
through shady forest-ways seemed a fair recompense for a little delay;
and my spirits went up with a bound, to be dashed down again the next
moment by Dan.
"We haven't got to the beginning of things yet," he interrupted,
following up the line of thought the Maluka had at first suggested.
"Before any trees are cut down, we'll have to dig a saw-pit and find a
pit-sawyer." Dan was not a pessimist; he only liked to dig down to the
very root of things, besides objecting to sugar-coated pills as being a
hindrance to education.
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