28 FOUR-FOOTED AMERICANS 



" Some diiy I suppose you will go with him and see 

 all these things. It is nice to have two legs," said 

 Jlap, half sadly, looking at his crutch. 



" Never mind ; we will be partners. I will go out 

 and hunt, and you shall write the book about it the way 

 uncle does, for I don't like to write." 



" I do," said Rap, cheering up ; " that will be splen- 

 did." 



" Don't try to Avalk through the fence," said Olive. 



Then the children found that they had been so busy 

 talking that they did not realize they were walking 

 back toward the farm, until they had bumped into the 

 front fence instead of opening the gate. 



The log fire in the wonder room was not a bit too 

 warm, and as they gathered around it Mr. Wolf and 

 Quick came in from the kitchen licking their lips, as if 

 they had been so busy with supper that they had not 

 missed their friends. 



Wolf settled himself at Mrs. Blake's feet with all the 

 dignity of a St. Bernard, but Quick kept prancing and 

 springing from one to another with Fox-Terrier ner- 

 vousness. 



" In the spring when we began to learn about birds, 

 I told you a few facts about their bones and feathers, 

 the way in which they were made and for what they 

 were useful," said Dr. Roy, sitting at his desk and tip- 

 ping back his chair. " We found the bird was a good 

 American citizen, and I think you feel now as if you 

 really had a bowing acquaintance witli some of these 

 feathered folk." 



" Yes," said Dodo, " I forget some things you said 

 about them for a while, and then I remember again. 



