CHAPTER XVI
ROSE BREAKS HER SKATE
Out on the porch Mrs. Bunker found her six children, for Rose had followed her mother out of the house, finally running ahead of her to see if any one had yet guessed Laddie's latest riddle.
"What have you there, Sonny?" asked Laddie's mother, as she saw him standing in front of Russ, Rose and the others, with something under his coat.
"He says it's a riddle," explained Russ.
"It is, sort of!" declared Laddie. "Yet 'tisn't zactly a riddle. I just told 'em to guess what I had under my coat."
"Where'd you get it?" asked Aunt Jo, who came out to see what the fun was about.
"I got it with the peanuts I had in my pocket," the little boy answered.
"Oh, then it's a squirrel!" guessed Rose.
"No, it isn't a squirrel," said Laddie, shaking his head.