And sure enough, along raced Boreas, this time close to the ground, and before Billy knew it, he had caught him by the legs and was sliding him along the ice, right toward the cold water. But Billy knew a trick worth two of that, and suddenly threw himself backwards. "Plump--" he had fallen back, right on top of Boreas. "Ugh!" cried Boreas and lay still for a moment with the breath quite knocked out of him. "Good for Billy," cried Fuzzy White. "You got him that time." "So it seems," said Billy laughing. "Wait until I get you up in the air," grunted Boreas, "I'll show you something then." "You have been trying pretty hard all morning," answered Billy, "but you haven't shown me much yet." My, my, my, how furious this made Boreas. He raged and tore around and above Billy and Fuzzy White, but they lay close to the ground, and though he gave them some pretty hard kicks, he could not budge them. "If he keeps this up, he will tire himself out," laughed Fuzzy to Billy. "He's getting to be a pretty old man for such violent exercise, and the first thing he knows his wind will give out." "I'd like to stand up though," said Billy, "I'm afraid I'll catch cold." "Catch cold--" cried Boreas, stopping suddenly, "catch cold--why you couldn't catch anything." "That's all you know about it," said Billy. "I'll tell you what I'll do," panted Boreas, "I'll give you a start of a hundred ice floes and beat you down to that iceberg two miles away." "Done," cried Billy, winking at Fuzzy--"but I'll be generous--I'll give you the start." "What shall we bet," asked Boreas. "I don't bet," said Billy. "Well, we will do this--if I catch you, you must give up searching for Bogie Man--if I don't, you may continue your journey." And Boreas chuckled to himself, for he intended putting Squall, one of his children, in Billy's way so that he couldn't jump any distance at all. "Come here, Squall," he whispered softly. "Screech--I am here," cried Squall, gaily settling down at his father's side. "When that boy jumps, blow him in just the opposite direction than that in which I am going." "Yes, sir, the opposite direction you say?" answered Squall. "Yes!" Then calling to Billy he said, "Are you ready?" Now Billy had heard just enough to know that Boreas was planning some trickery, so he decided quickly how to fool him. "All ready," answered Billy, whispering "Good-bye" to Fuzzy White. "Then go," cried Boreas and was off. "Go," cried Billy, turning his back on Boreas and jumping in exactly the _opposite_ direction and away toward Aurora Borealis. Now Squall did not know any more than his father had told him, so of course he got right back of Billy and pushed him faster than ever away from his father, making him fairly hum through the air.