The next-door pussy was sunning herself in the Wrights' yard.
"Sic 'em, Laddie!" cried Willie.
"Wow-wow!" barked Laddie joyously.
"S-s-s-t!" spit pussy, scurrying to the top of the pump.
"Wil-lie-e-e!"
Willie dropped down beside the fence, out of Jennie's sight. "She c'n go herself," he said.
Laddie cuddled down beside him. It was warm in the sun, and the locusts were droning drowsily in the grass.
"Oo-ff! Oo-ff! Oo-ff!" snored Laddie.
Willie nodded—and nodded—and nodded.
"Ho-ho!" came a voice over the fence. "Willie Won't! That's a funny name!"