"Go on and tell it!" exclaimed Russ. "I know I can guess it."
"Why is this boat like a duck?" asked Laddie. "Now, you can't answer that."
"I can so!" cried Russ, as he thought for a moment. "That's easy. This boat is like a duck 'cause it goes in water."
"Nope!" said Laddie, shaking his head with vigor.
"It is so!" cried Russ. "I'm going to ask Mother."
The two boys went in search of their mother, leaving Rose and Vi up in front.
"What is it now?" Mrs. Bunker wanted to know, as the two boys ran up to her.
"Laddie made up a riddle about 'why this boat is like a duck,' and when I told him 'cause it goes in water like a duck, he says that isn't the answer. It is, isn't it?"
"That isn't the answer I mean!" exclaimed Laddie, before his mother had a chance to speak.
"Well, I suppose Laddie can pick out the one answer he wants to his own riddles, if he makes them up," said Mrs. Bunker to the two boys.