shs-s-s-s

Updated: May 26, 2025

It may be that he thinks, when the reins are over his head and down on the ground, they are tied to something, so he could not run away if he wanted to. At any rate, Clipclap and Star Face stayed where Ted and Janet left them, and the little Curlytops watched the gopher hole. "I wonder when he'll come out," said Janet after a bit. "Shs-s-s-s!" whispered Teddy. "Don't talk!"

Howard Roger Garis - Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch