It was just a very tiny brook, now. It was really nothing but mud.
"Oh, dear me!" said Mrs. Duck "I wish it would rain to-day."
"Rain, rain, rain!" called Robin Redbreast. "I wish it would rain."
"I think it will rain," said Mr. Green Frog. "And I think it will rain to-day."
[Illustration: "I think it will rain to-day.">[
Mrs. Duck let the little ducks play in the muddy brook.
They pushed their flat bills into the mud to find something to eat.
Their little yellow feet were black with mud, but they liked it.