ocr: We came tumbling breathless and wet out of the forest to a small clearing, where we found Arab squatting beside Boss stuffing a small wad of mossy earth up into the cavity of - the bell to dampen its sound a little. He squinted up at - us with his slow shy grin and explained that the bell mustn'tbe too loud ori it would only frighten the kakapo away-if there were anyl in the area.