I took a step back from that edge and tried not to look down.

“So then, why did we build the rafts in the woods?” I said. “Why didn’t we do it down there?”

But I was learning quick, and I was pretty sure I already knew the answer.

“That would have been too easy,” Fish told me. “Plus, the wood we needed wasn’t by the river. And by the way,” he said, “changing the subject doesn’t change the fact that you’ve got some thinking to do. Understand?”

“Yeah, I understand,” I told him. What else was I going to say?

“Good,” Fish said. “Now let’s go, cockroach—back to camp! Time for your next obstacle. Move, move, move, move, MOOOOOOVE!”