“Jack! You do look awfully fat to-night!” said Nora suddenly, swinging the lantern so that its light fell on Jack. The others looked at him in surprise. Yes, he did look enormous!
“Have you swollen up, or something?” asked Peggy anxiously. Jack laughed loudly.
“No!” he said, “I found some clothes of mine in a box and brought them along. As the easiest way to carry them was to wear them, I put them on. That’s why I look so fat!”
It took him a long time to take all the clothes off, because they were all laughing so much. Peggy looked at the holes in them and was glad she had brought her work-basket along. She could mend them nicely! The blanket, too, would be useful on a cold night.
“What’s that funny light in the sky over there?" said Nora, suddenly, pointing towards the east. “Look!”
“You silly! It’s the dawn coming!” said Jack. “It must be nearly daylight! Come on, we really must go to sleep. What a night we’ve had!”
“Moooo-oo!” said Daisy, from the hen-yard, and the children laughed.
“Daisy thinks so, too!” cried Peggy.
A Lazy Day - With a Horrid Ending
The next morning the children slept very late indeed. The sun was high in the sky before anyone stirred, and even then they might not have awakened if Daisy the cow hadn’t decided that it was more than time for her to be milked. She stood in the hen-yard and bellowed for all she was worth.