Off they started for the pig-pen.
Washing the Pig.—[Page 137].
"I'm glad Dotty Dimble goed away," said Katie, swinging Charlie's hand; "her's stinchy and foolidge."
"Good girlth don't thay tho," said sweet little Charlie rather shocked.
"Well, I do; stinchy and foolidge!" repeated Katie, as severely as if she had known what the words meant.
The pig was not expecting any visitors, and when he found that Charlie and Katie had brought him nothing to eat, he did not seem very glad to see them.
"How you do, piggy?" said Katie, swinging a stick through the opening by the trough.
Piggy ran away, looking very unamiable; and then he came back again, rolling his little eyes, and grunting sulkily.