Chapter 17 EXPLORING THE CAVE

"Hal! Oh, Hal! Stop! This is Pickles."

Hal stopped almost as suddenly as he had started to run. He recognized the cautious cry of his friend and waited for the four to overtake him.

"What you kids up to?" he inquired, after scanning the faces of the quartet. "I told you not to come, Pickles."

"We're not going to run away with you," he repl