As for old dog Spot, he told everybody that he was going up to the pasture to chase woodchucks.
And as for Johnnie Green, he told his mother that he didn't believe he'd go back to school any more.
But she said he should, and that very morning.
And things generally happened the way Mrs. Green intended.
V
THE PROMISED TREAT
Snowball wasn't sorry that Johnnie Green had turned him into the pasture. He found the pasture a delightful place. He had plenty of company, for there was a whole flock of sheep with him. And not only did he soon become acquainted with them. He met other folk, such as Billy Woodchuck and Jimmy Rabbit and old Mr. Crow. And though some of the older sheep paid scant heed to so young a lamb as Snowball, Mr. Crow often went out of his way to stop and talk with him.
That was because Mr. Crow loved a bit of gossip. And he was willing to chat with anybody on the chance of picking up some interesting morsel of news.
"We're going to have a treat," Snowball informed old Mr. Crow one day.