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Presently every Scoodler of the lot had thrown its head, and every head was
down in the deep gulf, and now the helpless bodies of the creatures were
mixed together in the cave and wriggling around in a vain attempt to discover
what had become of their heads. The shaggy man laughed and walked across
the bridge to rejoin his companions.
"
It's lucky I learned to play base-ball when I was young," he remarked, "for I
caught all those heads easily and never missed one. But come along, little
ones; the Scoodlers will never bother us or anyone else any more."
Button-Bright was still frightened and kept insisting, "I don't want to be soup!"
for the victory had been gained so suddenly that the boy could not realize they
were free and safe. But the shaggy man assured him that all danger of their
being made into soup was now past, as the Scoodlers would be unable to eat
soup for some time to come.
So now, anxious to get away from the horrid gloomy cave as soon as possible,
they hastened up the hillside and regained the road just beyond the place
where they had first met the Scoodlers; and you may be sure they were glad to
find their feet on the old familiar path again.
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