"Nope!" and Laddie shook his head.
"Well, the ocean is terrible big," Violet stated.
"Yes, it is," agreed Laddie. "But that isn't the answer to my riddle."
"Do you mean the sky?" asked Russ. "That's big, too."
"That isn't the answer," said Laddie. "I'll tell you, 'cause you never could guess it. It's a hole that you dig. You can dig one so big that you couldn't put it in anything. Not even the biggest box that ever was. Isn't that a good riddle?"
"Yes, it's pretty good," agreed Russ; and he commenced to whistle a merry tune. "But you could fill a small box with some dirt, and dig a little hole in that, and you'd have a hole in a box," he added, after a moment.
"Yes, but the answer to my riddle is a big hole," said Laddie. "Now come on out and dig!"
"How big a hole are you going to dig?" Vi wanted to know.
"Oh, not the kind in my riddle," replied her brother. "We'll just dig a little one and make believe we're after treasure."
Of course I need not tell you that Laddie and Violet did not find any. Treasure doesn't usually grow in Boston back yards. But the children had fun, and that was best of all.