“And that cloud looks threatening,” admitted Nellie Agnew.
“I believe I felt a drop then,” gasped Dora.
“What’s the matter, Chicken Little?” laughed Laura. “Is the sky falling?”
“You can laugh! Maybe it will be a regular flood,” said Jess, ruefully.
“By the way, what caused the flood?” asked Bobby, soberly.
“Folks were so wicked—all but Noah,” replied Dora.
“No,” said Bobby.
“It’s one of Bobby’s ‘burns,’” declared Jess. “What did cause the flood, then?”
“It rained,” said the irrepressible one.
“Come on under this tree, girls!” cried Eve, striding ahead down the hill. “It will only be a passing shower.”