“I want to see some horses!” cried Laddie.
“I want to go where the sheep are,” Mun Bun said.
“So do I,” chimed in Margy.
“I’ll go to the kitchen to help mother,” offered Rose, but her mother said:
“No, you run out and play now. Norah and I can manage the work all right. Later on if you want to help you may.”
So Rose went out with Russ and the others.
“There’s a brook, Russ!” called Violet, as she caught sight of the sparkle of a little stream.
“That’s good. Then I’ll make a water wheel and a mill,” said Russ.
He and Laddie were looking at the brook, poking in sticks to find out how deep it was and making ready to build the dam for the water wheel, when suddenly they heard the voice of Rose crying:
“Oh, drive him away! Make him go away! Oh! Oh! Oh!”