XVII
TIMOTHY NEEDS HELP
Everybody who lived near Black Creek noticed Timothy Turtle's new collar. And almost every one, being curious, asked Mr. Turtle where he got it, and why he was wearing it.
Now, Timothy Turtle would give such folk no answer at all. But old Mr. Crow knew what had happened—of course. And he took pains to tell all his friends how Johnnie Green had caught Timothy and tied a rope around his neck, and cut something on Timothy's back, besides.
"Let me go!" Fatty Coon shrieked.
So it was not long before Timothy Turtle's neighbors began to ask him what was on his back.
"My shell's on my back!" he snapped, when any one put that question to him.