Gwen frowned, and commenced to read again.
"The ostrich didn't look much like the big white owl in a cage near him, because the owl had bigger eyes."
A few of the pupils giggled, and one in the front row muttered.
"I don't suppose there was any difference in their legs!"
"The ostrich is graceful,—"
She paused again, because at this absurd statement Dick Minton laughed aloud.
"Oh, graceful!" whispered Dick.
"Richard!" said Miss Kenyon, her voice deeply reproving.
"Well, the idea!" said Dick. "Graceful!"
"Gwen, tell me where you obtained these strange ideas about the ostrich," Miss Kenyon said.