Slowly Ted walked toward his new pet. Still Nicknack did not run, and he let the small boy take hold of the broken strap by which Nicknack had been tied in the stall.
“Now he’s all right,” Teddy said as he led the goat along the road and back into the barnyard. Nicknack did not try to run any more. He really had been frightened when the water was spilled, and all he thought of was running away. But he seemed to know that Ted would be kind to him.
“Oh, I’m so glad you got him back,” said Janet as she walked to meet her brother.
“Where’s Trouble?” asked Ted, as he looked for Baby William.
“Oh, I forgot all about him!” exclaimed Janet. “There he goes!” and she pointed to him, walking toward a little brook that ran across one end of the barnyard.
“Catch him ’fore he wades in and gets his feet wet!” cried Ted, as he led Nicknack on.
Janet ran after her little brother, whom she had let stray away while she watched Ted go after the goat, and caught Baby William just in time. He was about to paddle in the water.
Then Nicknack was put back in the stable, and he seemed glad to be at rest once more.
“Now we can make our cart,” said Ted.
“I think you had better go and put on your play clothes before you start to make your cart,” said their mother, who had come out just at the end of the trouble with the runaway goat.