“I will,” said Ralph. “Co, boss! Co, boss! Co, boss!” he called loudly, the hills echoing his voice.
Then the other children called:
“Co, boss! Co, boss! Co, boss!”
But the missing cows did not come out of the cool, shady places where, doubtless, they had gone to keep out of the sun.
“We’ll have to scatter and look for ’em,” said Ralph. He and his dog Jimsie went one way, Rose and Russ went another way, and Laddie and Violet a third way. Soon the three searching parties were some distance apart.
Then, suddenly, from a part of the pasture where there was a dense clump of bushes, came shrieks from Violet.
“Oh, we’ve found the cows! We’ve found them, but they’re going to hook us!” she yelled. “Russ! Russ! The cows are going to hook us!”
CHAPTER X
BUZZING BEES
Russ and Rose, who had been walking along the shores of a little brook looking for the missing cows, heard Violet’s yells. A moment later they heard shouts from Laddie. He was saying:
“Get back there, you old cows! Get back there! Don’t you dare hook my sister!”