This comforted Vi some, and she dried her tears. Then Laddie made them all laugh by saying:
"I have a new riddle!"
"Is it about a doll?" asked Rose.
"No. It's about a cow."
"How can you make a riddle about a cow?" Russ demanded.
"Well, I didn't make this one up," said Laddie; "and it isn't like the riddles I like to ask, 'cause there isn't any answer to it."
"There must be some answer," declared Violet. "All riddles have answers."
"Well, I'll tell you this one, and you can see if it has," went on Laddie. "Now listen, everybody."
Then he slowly said:
"How is it that a red cow can eat green grass and give white milk that makes yellow butter?"