Shavings

Chapter 73

Babbie burst out laughing. Ruth turned and came toward them over the dew-sprinkled gra.s.s.

"What are you laughing at, dear?" she asked.

"Oh, Uncle Jed was so funny. He was barking like a dog."

Ruth smiled. "Perhaps he feels as if he were our watchdog, Babbie," she said. "He guards us as if he were."

Babbie hugged her back-step-uncle"s coat sleeve.

"He"s a great, big, nice old watchdog," she declared. "We love him, don"t we, Mamma?"

Jed turned his head to listen.

"Hum . . ." he drawled. "That dog up town has stopped his howlin".

Perhaps he"s beginnin" to realize what a lucky critter he is."

As usual, Babbie was ready with a question.

"Why is he lucky, Uncle Jed?" she asked.

"Why? Oh, well, he . . . he can LOOK at the moon, and that"s enough to make any dog thankful."

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