"What"s the matter?" his father asked him. "You haven"t given up going fishing--have you?"
"No!" Johnnie answered. "I"m going to harness Twinkleheels to the buggy.
And I"ll cut a pole at the creek."
His father said nothing more. But he smiled a little to himself when Johnnie wasn"t looking his way.
"Boys will be boys," Farmer Green remarked after Johnnie had gone.
"Yes!" the hired man agreed. "And ponies will be ponies."
They may have been talking in riddles.
Anyhow, they seemed to understand each other.
THE END
AUTHOR OF _SLEEPY-TIME TALES_ (Trademark Registered)
_TUCK-ME-IN TALES_ (Trademark Registered)
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The Tale of Old Dog Spot
The Tale of Grunty Pig
The Tale of Henrietta Hen
The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot
The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels
The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat