He took off his skates and hurried home, telling Janet to wait for him at the pond, which was not far from the Martin house. In a little while Teddy came back driving Nicknack hitched to Ted's sled. The goat pulled the little boy along over the snow much more easily than he had hauled the small wagon.
"This is great!" cried Ted. "I'm going to drive him on the ice now. Giddap, Nicknack!"
Teddy guided the goat to the ice-covered pond. Nicknack took two or three steps on the slippery place and then he suddenly fell down, the sled, with Ted on it, gliding over his hind legs.
"Baa-a-a-a!" bleated Nicknack, as if he did not at all like this.
CHAPTER IV
THE SNOW HOUSE
"Oh, Teddy, you'll hurt Nicknack!" cried Janet, when she saw what had happened.
"I didn't mean to," Ted answered, jumping off the sled. "He slipped on the ice and I couldn't stop the sled."
"Help him get up," went on Jan. "He can't get up himself with that sled on his hind legs."
Teddy pulled back the sled, but still Nicknack did not get up.