Almost at the same instant old dog Spot ran out of his kennel, barking furiously. And like magic the prowler—whoever he was—vanished into the night.
"Keep still!" Grunty's mother called to him; for the noise had half roused her. "Don't you mention the word bear again, or I'll attend to you in the morning."
Drowsy as she was, Mrs. Pig actually thought Grunty was right there in the pen with the rest of her children. And in no time at all she was snoring again.
Grunty Pig didn't dare open his mouth nor close his eyes the rest of the night. And when morning came, Farmer Green found him huddled against the door of the piggery.
It was a joyful meeting—for Grunty Pig.
XIII
HOME AT LAST
"What's this?" Farmer Green exclaimed, when he went to unlock the piggery in the morning and found Grunty Pig lying up against the door. "Did you get locked out last night? Was it you that old Spot was barking at?"