"Well, Snoop had a good time with it, while it lasted," said Mr. Bobbsey, with a laugh.
"And my fur wouldn't have lasted much longer with him, if he'd started to claw and bite it," remarked Mrs. Bobbsey. "I'm glad you called me in, Dinah."
"Yessum, Ah thought maybe yo'd better see what the cat had, 'cause Ah couldn't make out what 'twas," the cook answered.
"Well, now that the excitement is over, we'd better have supper," said Mr. Bobbsey. "Or did you youngsters have enough at the picnic to last until morning?"
"We want to eat now!" decided Bert. "That wasn't so much we had at the picnic."
"I guess you were extra hungry, from being out of doors all day," his mother said. "Well, supper will soon be ready."
As they ate they talked over the fun they had had at Pine Grove, and Flossie remarked:
"I'm going to ride on a wooden lion, I am—on the merry-go-round. I'm going to ride on the lion."
"So'm I," declared Freddie. "There are two lions, an' I'm going to ride on one an' Flossie on the other one."
"Where's your merry-go-round?" asked Nan.