Herstrengthwasutterlyexhausted.Therewasabigboulderlyingatthebaseoftherock，andaspreadingjuniperhalfcoveredit.Knowingthatinanotherminuteshewouldbediscovered，sheflungherselfdownbehindtheboulder，thoughthejuniperneedlesscratchedherface，andpulledlittleHansdownatherside.But，strangetosay，littleHansfellfartherthanshehadcalculated，andutterly—vanishedfromsight.Sheheardamuffledcry，andreachingherhandinthedirectionwherehehadfallen，caughtholdofhisarm.Astrong，wildsmellbeatagainsther，andlittleHans，ashewaspulledout，wasenvelopedinamostunpleasantodor.Butodorornoodor，herewastheveryhiding—placeshehadbeenseeking.Adesertedwolf’sden，itwas，probably——atleastshehopeditwasdeserted;forifitwasnot，shemightbeconfrontedwithevenugliercustomersthanthelumbermen.Butshehadnotimefordebatingthequestion，forshesawtheheadofStubbyMonsemergingfromtheleaves，andimmediatelybehindhimcameStutteringPeter，withhislongboat—
hook.Quickasaflashsheslippedintothehole，anddraggedHansafterher.Thejuniper—bushentirelycoveredtheentrance.
Shecouldseeeveryonewhoapproached，withoutbeingseen.
Unhappily，theboytoocaughtsightofStubbyMons，andcalledhimbyname.Thelumbermanstoppedandprickeduphisears.
\"Didyouhearanybodycall？\"heaskedhiscompanion.