“Yes,” said Jonas.
“But there is not any drain,” said Rollo; “at least there has not been, until you began to make your canal.”
“But the water soaks off slowly through the ground, and oozes out under the banks of the brook.”
“Does it?” said Rollo.
“Yes,” said Jonas; “and the only use of my canal is to make it run off faster.”
“Ah! now I know,” said Rollo, half talking to himself.
“Know what?” asked Jonas.
“Why, where all the water of the brook comes from; at least, where some of it comes from.”
“How?” said Jonas. “I don’t know what you mean.”
“Why, I could not think where all the water came from, to keep the brook running so fast all the time. But now I know that some of it has been coming all the time from this bog. Does it all come from bogs?”