Where was it? He turned round and round, and at last found out
that he had been walking away from it. "I must dream no more," thought
he, "or if I do indulge in any more daydreams, I certainly shall
neither sleep nor dream to-night. It is getting dark already, and here
I am lost in the forest, and all through my own foolishness. If the
stars do not shine, I shall not know how to direct my steps; indeed,
if they do, I don't know whether I have walked south or north, and I
am in a pretty pickle; not that I care for being out in the forest on
a night like this, but my sisters and Humphrey will be alarmed at my
absence. The best thing that I can do, is to decide upon taking some
straight line, and continue in it: I must then get out the forest at
last, even if I walk right across it. That will be better than going
backward and forward, or round and round, as I shall otherwise do,
just like a puppy running alter its own tail. So now shine out,
stars!" Edward waited until he could make out Charles's Wain, which he
well knew, and then the Polar Star. As soon as he was certain of that,
he resolved to travel by it due north, and he did so, sometimes
walking fast, and at others keeping up a steady trot for a half a mile
without stopping.
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