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vinegar and pickle some of them?" chimed in Edna, 

 as she thought of the cucumber pickles and chow- 

 chow and sweet pickled peaches of former days. 



"How would you make the vinegar without ap- 

 ples?" asked William. 



''I thought vinegar could be made out of almost 

 anything sweet/' Edna replied, "like oranges or mo- 

 lasses or even sugar syrup itself. You know how 

 sweet things turn sour when they are left open for 

 a few days." 



This interesting conversation was interrupted by 

 squeals and loud cries from the direction of the pig 

 pen, where they found Snowball and the monkey 

 trying to ride two of the pigs, while the whole pen 

 was in an uproar. Whether it was Snowball's idea 

 or the monkey's, poor little Snowball was getting 

 much the worst of it and was sincerely glad to be 

 rescued. He seemed to think it very ungrateful 

 of the pigs not to give him a ride after all the nuts 

 he had given them. 



