"But how came the basins empty?" asked he.
Mother could not answer. But at that very moment, the Big Rooster crowed, "Cock-a-doodle-doo! I had a fine breakfast."
Mother stirred up another basin of meal while Bobby got some more wheat. He took them quickly to the chickens and threw the food into the coop.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" Old Speckle called.
"Peep, peep, peep!" cried the little chicks, as they came running to eat.
Bobby watched them until it was nearly gone.
"Now you feel better, don't you?" said he. "And I feel better, too," he added.
Which was strange, wasn't it?
For Bobby had not yet had his dinner.