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He knew perfectly well he would be going back to the pond where the swans were.

And he had no intention of getting lost in the woods.

He felt relieved that he had not told his father about seeing the swans, but he felt queer about it, too.

Sam was not a sly boy, but he was odd in one respect: he liked to keep things to himself.

And he liked being alone, particularly when he was in the woods.

He enjoyed the life on his father's cattle ranch in the Sweet Grass country in Montana.

He loved his mother. He loved Duke, his cow pony. He loved riding the range.

He loved watching guests who came to board at the Beavers' ranch every summer.

But the thing he enjoyed most in life was these camping trips in Canada with his father.

Mrs. Beaver didn't care for the woods, so she seldom went along--it was usually just Sam and Mr. Beaver.