“Well, I can go the other way,” thought Slicko. But, when she turned the other way, there was still the paper hoop in front of her. It was between her and the apple, and she wanted that apple very much.
“Ha!” thought Slicko, “if Bob doesn’t take that paper hoop out of my way, I’ll jump right through it and get the apple anyhow!”
[CHAPTER X]
SLICKO RUNS AWAY
“Come on, get the apple, Slicko!” called Bob.
“How can she, when you keep putting that paper hoop in front of her?” asked Bob’s sister Mollie.
“She’ll go right through it,” said Sallie.
“That’s just what I want her to do,” Bob answered, with a laugh. “It will be a fine trick.”
Slicko did not understand all of this talk, but she did want that apple, and when she heard Bob say “trick,” she began to understand that, after all, perhaps the hoop was only put in front of her for fun.