“Look at Janey!” he laughed. “Her dress is getting too short for her! Ha! Ha!”
“I don’t see anything funny about it!” Gran’pa said reprovingly. “In fact, it may be very serious!”
Johnny sobered up and twisted about to see himself. Both Johnny and Janey had grown two feet taller and were still growing.
Their clothes were far too short to cover them and they looked ridiculous. Janey began crying as the Soft-Voiced Cow caught up with them.
The -Voiced Cow jumped three feet in the air and started across the valley kicking her heels and mooing. (page [112])
“Whatever in the world has happened?” she asked as she sat down upon the wire.
Gran’pa cried “LOOK OUT!” but he was too late. The Soft-Voiced Cow jumped three feet in the air and started across the valley, kicking her heels and mooing, while the tiny wire wrapped itself about her tail.
With Gran’pa in the lead, waving his cane, they all ran after the Soft-Voiced Cow.
“Wait a minute!” Gran’pa shouted. “I’ll pull it off with my cane! WAIT A MINUTE!”