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To tell which direction you are:
1. Find a stick.
2. Find a space with moonlight.
3. Push the stick into the ground; make sure the stick's shadow looks like it's more than 6 inches
4. If the shadow is longer than the stick and it's past sunset, it's probably 9pm. The shadow's pointing west, which means the opposite direction is East.

Why did the ninjas take the children just to tell them they need to head back to the treehouse on their own?

Sometimes ninjas held meetings in hidden mountain caves to plan secret missions. Ninjas took orders from a ninja master. The master was a mysterious wise person who knew many secrets of nature.