"Maybe I could make up a riddle about Mun Bun in a mud pie," said Laddie.
"I don't want you to!" the little boy exclaimed. "I don't want to be in a riddle."
"All right. Then I'll make up one about something else," went on Laddie. "This is it. What is it you cannot take from the top of a house to the bottom?"
"Pooh! that isn't a riddle," said Russ.
"Say it again," begged Rose.
"What is it you can't take from the top of a house and put it on the bottom—I mean like down cellar?" asked Laddie.
"There isn't anything," declared Violet. "If you got anything in the top of your house you can take it down cellar, if you want to; can't you, Daddy?"
"Well, I should think so, yes," answered Mr. Bunker.
"No, you can't!" declared Laddie. "Do you all give up? What is it in the top of the house that you can't take down cellar with you?"
"The chimney," answered Russ.