“Yes, it was fun. We had a little adventure,” said Rose, and she told about the missing cows.
Margy and Mun Bun listened with widely opened eyes to the tale, and when it was over, Mun Bun exclaimed:
“I wish I’d been there!”
“Why?” asked his mother.
“Oh, I would give the cows some salt and they would love me,” he answered.
“Salt!” cried Russ. “Who ever heard of giving cows salt?”
“It would make their milk salty!” declared Laddie.
“Well, it didn’t,” said Margy. “’Cause when we went after eggs with Farmer Joel he gave his cows some salt and when he milked them he gave Mun Bun and me some of the milk and it wasn’t salty at all, so there!”
“Wasn’t it, Mother?” asked Rose, who seemed to share Laddie’s idea.
“No, of course not, child,” said Mrs. Bunker. “The farmers often give salt to their cows, sheep and horses. Animals are very fond of a small bit of salt. And while you were gone Farmer Joel gave his cows some lumps of rock salt which they licked with their tongues, and seemed very fond of.”