And if you try to hit our dog I'll have something more to
say," and Bert stepped boldly forth.
"Huh! I'm not afraid of you," sneered Danny, but he let the club drop,
and walked off with his own particular chums.
"Did Mr. Tetlow say Snap could come?" asked Freddie, anxiously.
"Yes. He said he'd be good to drive away the cows if they bothered us,"
answered Bert, with a smile.
After this little trouble, the Bobbseys and their friends went on toward
the grove in the woods where the picnic was to be held. There was
laughing and shouting, and much fun on the way, in which Snap shared.
Boys and girls would run to one side or the other of the path to gather
late flowers. Some would pick up odd stones, or pine cones, and others
would find curious little creeping or crawling things which they called
their friends to see.
Each teacher had charge of her special class, but she did not look too
closely after them, for it was a day to be happy and free from care,
with no thought of school or lessons.
"We'll make Snap do some tricks when we get to the grove," said Flossie.
"Yes, we'll have a little circus," added her brother.
"Can he stand on his head?" one girl wanted to know.
"Well, he can turn a somersault, and he's on his head for a second while
he's doing that," explained Freddie, proudly.
"Can he roll over and over?" a boy wanted to know. "We had a dog, once,
that could."
"Snap can, too," said Flossie.
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