20 STORIES OF EARTH AND SKY 



By this time the tears began to peep out of the 

 corners of a pair of very big brown eyes. 



Anne knelt down by Tommy and drew him 

 close to her, for she did not know exactly what 

 else to do. What he said was perfectly true, 

 for though both Waddles and Lumberlegs treated 

 Tommy with great politeness, they would have 

 nothing to do with him. 



" Come with me and look for frogs, and to- 

 night I'll ask father to take you where they 

 sell little dogs and let you choose one for your- 

 self. But I don't think we will send Lumber- 

 legs back to Miss Jule, because he was a present, 

 and it isn't polite to return presents ; besides, 

 Waddles has adopted him for his child and is 

 taking great pains to train him. 



" Won't that be nice to have a little dog, just 

 as little as you please ? " 



"Y-e-s," hesitated Tommy, blinking back his 

 tears ; " but not such a very little dog either 

 'bout big enough to kill rats. 



"There is Baldy going down the road to the 

 mill to bring up the feed. Please help me call 

 him, Anne ; mother said I might ride down with 

 him and buy six banty eggs of the Miller to set 

 under the big brown hen, and I've got the 

 money sewed into my pocket." 



