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"Teddy Martin! if you're going to do that I'm not going to play!" stormed Janet. "You'll make Trouble fall out and get hurt. Come on, Trouble! Let us get out!" she cried. Nicknack was going quite fast down the hill. "Wait till we get to the bottom," shouted Ted. "G'lang there, pony!" he cried to the goat. "Let me out!" screamed Janet, "I want to get out."
Ted and Jan talked much about the cave the rest of that day. They went for a ride in the wagon drawn by Nicknack, taking Trouble with them. On their way back Jan said: "Oh, I wish I had a swing." "It would be fun," agreed Ted. "Maybe I can make one." "You'll have to get a rope," said his sister. "Grandpa is going to row over in the boat to-morrow. Ask him to bring us one."
Martin did, but neither Jan nor Ted noticed, for they were running around looking for any of the blue stones that might have been scattered from Trouble's playhouse. "Never mind," said Mother Martin. "I'll find you something else to play with, Trouble. You shall have a nice ride with Nicknack. You'll take him, won't you, Jan and Ted?" "Yes," they answered.
Nicknack had been tied to a tree, near which, a little later, Ted and Jan were going to make him a little bower of leaves and branches. That was to be his stable until a better one could be built by Grandpa Martin one that would keep Nicknack dry when it rained. At last the tents were up, one for sleeping, another for cooking, and a third where the Curlytops and the others would eat their meals.
"Maybe they'll make us go back." "Well, if they do we'll have some fun, anyhow," said Teddy, laughing. "Gid-dap, Clipclap." "It's a good thing we've two ponies instead of one goat," remarked Janet, after they had ridden on a little farther. "Course it is," agreed Ted. "We couldn't both ride Nicknack, though he could pull us both in the wagon." "Maybe he'd be afraid of Indians," suggested Janet.
"Give me a wide!" pleaded Trouble. "Yes, I'll ride him on my back," offered Teddy, and his baby brother was put up there by Janet. "Now don't go too fast with him, pony," she said. "Yes, I wants to wide fast, like we does with Nicknack," declared Baby William. Nicknack was the Curlytops' pet goat. "All right, I'll give you a fast ride," promised Teddy.
Finally Mr. Newton's house was reached. Into the yard rushed Janet and Teddy, followed by their father. Bob Newton was making a kite on the side porch. "Hello, Curlytop!" he called to Ted. "Want to help me fly this? It's going to be a dandy!" "Yes, I'll help you," agreed Ted. "But is he here?" "Who here?" asked Bob, in some surprise. "Nicknack, our goat," answered Teddy. "What!
The next day Grandpa Martin filled up the hole Ted, Jan and Hal had dug, thus making sure that neither Trouble nor anyone else, not even Nicknack the goat, would again fall down into it. For when the sand slid into the "gold mine," carrying the goat with it, the hole was not altogether filled.
Once more they heard the cry of the goat: "Baa-a-a-a-a-a!" went Nicknack. "Baa-a-a-a!" "He's over this way!" cried Teddy, and he started to run to the left. "No, I think he's here," and Janet pointed to the right. "What's the matter, Curlytops?" asked Mrs. Martin, who came out just then to see what was keeping the children. "We can hear Nicknack, but we can't see him," answered Ted. Mrs.
"I'd like him to have Nicknack." "Then, if it is all right with Mr. Newton, well take the goat over a few days before we leave for the West," said Mr. Martin. "Bob will have a chance to get used to Nicknack, and Nicknack to him, before we go away." "Nicknack not come wif us?" asked Trouble, not quite understanding what the talk was about.
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