Chip navigates the S.S. Recycling Bin far downstream to a beautiful hidden glen, where the three hedgehogs meet Boom — a huge, gentle bear with small glasses who is an expert at making s'mores. Chewy drops his marshmallow into the fire three times before Boom helps him get it perfectly golden-brown. Chuck takes one bite of a s'more and declares it the best moment of his life. The trio camps under a sky full of stars while Boom tells bedtime stories, and in the morning they set off loaded with a camping blanket, roasting sticks, and leftover s'mores. The boat is sitting very low in the water, Hedgehogtown is very far away — and Chewy has just spotted something large and white circling overhead.

The river had been winding for a very long time. Past the mossy stone bridge. Past the old mill with the squeaky wheel. Past the place where three ducks sat in a row on a log, all staring at the S.S. Recycling Bin as if they had never seen a boat made from old bottles and a wobbly plank before.…

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