CHAPTER SEVENTH.
A LITTLE FUSS.
"Well, I hope he will get it done by Spring," said Red Nose Mike. He had been giving Lazybones some instructions about digging sweet potatoes, which he had offered to pay him for.
"I hope he will too," said Henny Penny.
"You all ought not to be so hard on Lazybones. You know the circumstances."
"O hush, Speckle. You are always taking up for Lazybones."
"What did you say about circumstances, Speckle?" asked Stuffie.
"We were talking about Lazybones, Stuff," said Mrs. Bluehen. "We were rather too hard on him, and Speck said we knew the circumstances."
"What sort of circumstances, Speck?"