Aunt Polly straightened her poke bonnet. "Thank you!" she said. "But do let me hear the news."
"Can't you guess it?" Mrs. Woodchuck asked her. "Can't you guess it, now that I've given you a hint?"
But Aunt Polly couldn't. So at last Mrs. Woodchuck told her the news:
"The Muley Cow is wearing a poke! I knew you'd approve of it, because you always wear one yourself."
Aunt Polly Woodchuck threw up her hands in astonishment.
"I didn't suppose the Muley Cow had sense enough to do that!" she exclaimed.