“Trouble can’t! Trouble got to feed posy-tree to bossy-cow.”
“I guess he’s stuck in the mud,” remarked Ted. “That mud’s awful sticky. I’ve been in it. Trouble is stuck in the mud all right!”
CHAPTER II
A CRASH IN THE KITCHEN
For a moment Jan and Ted stood looking at their little brother, fast in the mud, while Trouble, laughing and gurgling, held out the green watercress “posy-tree” to the cow.
“Oh, how will we ever get him out?” questioned Jan. “Mother will be so worried! What shall we do, Teddy?”
“I’ll wade in and get him.”
“But you’ll get all mud too!”
“I’ll take off my shoes and stockings,” and the boy began to do this.
There came a laugh from Trouble.
“What’s the matter now?” asked Jan, who had been looking to see if she could not find a board with which to make a little bridge over the mud so she could reach her baby brother without getting her feet wet. “What did you do, Trouble?” asked Jan.