Teddy. "You can help me." Then he pushed on
the little boy's head, and Janet pulled, and he was soon free again, a
little scratched about the neck, and frightened, but not hurt.

"You must never do such a thing again," said Mrs. Martin, when the
children reached camp and told her what had happened.

"No, we won't do it any more," promised Trouble, feeling of his neck,
where he had thrust it between the parts of the tree.

"And you mustn't go off again, and leave him by himself," said their
mother to the Curlytops. "There is no telling what he'll do."

"That's right," said Grandpa Martin with a laugh. "You may go away,
leaving Trouble standing on his feet, but when you come back he's
standing on his head. Oh, you're a great bunch of trouble!" and he
caught the little fellow up in his arms and kissed him.

For several days Teddy and Janet and Hal had many good times on Star
Island. Then they wanted something new for amusement.

"Let's make a trap and catch something," said Ted, after he and Jan had
spoken of several ways of having fun.

"How can you make a trap?" Hal asked.

"I'll show you," offered Ted. "You just take a box, turn it upside down,
and raise one end by putting a stick under it. Then you tie a string to
the stick, and when you pull the string the stick is yanked out and the
box falls down and you catch something."

"What do you catch?" Hal asked.

"Oh, birds, or an animal--maybe a fox or a muskrat--whatever goes under
the box when it's raised up."

"But what makes them go under?" Hal inquired.

"To get something to eat. You see you put some bait under the box--some
crumbs for birds or pieces of meat for a fox or a muskrat. Then you hide
in the bushes, with the end of the string in your hand and when you see
anything right under the box you pull it and catch 'em!"

"Oh, but doesn't it hurt them?" asked Hal, who had a very kind heart.

"Maybe it might, Ted," put in Jan.

"No. It doesn't hurt 'em a bit," declared Ted. "They just stay under the
box, you know, like in a cage."

"I wouldn't like to catch a bird," said Hal softly. "You see the birds
are friends of Princess Blue Eyes. She wouldn't like to have them
caught."

"Oh, well, we could let them go again," Ted decided, after a little
thought.

"Does Princess Blue Eyes like foxes and muskrats too?" Jan asked softly.

"I guess she likes everything--birds, animals and flowers. Anyway I
make-believe she does," and Hal smiled. "Of course sh