“Hurry! hurry!” she said. “Don’t be late for school!”
They had not gone far when the first Ink-Bottle Baby said, “I will not go another step!”
Then the second Ink-Bottle Baby said, “I will not go another step!”
Then what do you suppose happened next? They all sat down in a row and they cried and they screamed and they howled!
Just then an old farmer came along with his wagon.
When he saw all the Ink-Bottle Babies in a row, he said, “Bless my heart! What funny little babies! What are you all doing here?”
Then Molly and Polly cried, “Give us a ride, please! We don’t care which way we go!”
Then the farmer got down and helped all the Babies into his wagon and they rode merrily away!
They laughed and talked and said, “Oh!” and “Ah!” and “What a fine ride!”