“Oh, you found them! That’s good!” cried the farm boy, as he saw Rose and Laddie with Violet and Russ slowly driving the black cows. “You were pretty lucky,” he added. “Sometimes I’ve hunted an hour for lost cows.”
“I guess Vi thinks she’s lucky they didn’t hook her,” said Russ, with a laugh.
“What do you mean—hook her?” inquired Ralph.
THE TWO COWS FRIGHTENED VIOLET AND LADDIE.
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And when they told him he laughed and said:
“Our cows never hook anybody—they’re very gentle. But we have a bull in the barn that’d hook you if he could get out. And Mr. Todd’s got a bull, too.”
“Why can’t he get out?” Violet wanted to know.