"What did it sound like?"
"Like the ghost at Great Hedge," said Laddie.
"Yes," agreed Russ, "that's what it did sound like—a sort of groan. But there can't be any ghost here."
"Course not. But what was it?"
Laddie and Russ looked across the bridge, but could see no one on the other side.
Then the groan sounded again, quite near them, and the voice again called:
"Water! Water!"
"Somebody wants a drink," said Laddie.
"But who is it?" asked Russ. "I don't see anybody."
"It sounds like a man," replied Laddie.