Then he caught sight of the Ink-Bottle Mamma, and he bowed to her politely and helped her out.
The man who owned the automobile looked at the farmer and said, “Will you have a ride, good people?”
Now the farmer and his wife had never ridden in an automobile in their lives.
The Ink-Bottle Mamma said, “Go right along; don’t mind us; we will get the dinner!”
The farmer said, “Wait till I get some turkeys and ducks ready for dinner,” and the farmer’s wife said, “Wait till I make a few dozen pies!”
At the word “pies,” the Ink-Bottle Babies set up a shout, and each one made a low bow and presented the farmer’s wife with a little pie. She was so surprised that she hardly knew what to say.
The farmer called, “Put on your old gray bonnet!” Then the Babies began to sing,
“Put on your old gray bonnet,
With the blue ribbons on it!”
Then the stranger said, “You are very sweet singers!”