Part 6 (2/2)
”There isn't any,” replied Mrs Quack
”Oh, yes, there is!” cried Saer
”What is it?” deerly, and it seemed to Peter that there was a wee bit of hope in her voice
”Did you happen to notice that just before the Laughing Brook joins the Big River it flows through a little swamp?” asked Sammy
Mrs Quack nodded her head rapidly ”What of it?” she deo down there after dark,”
replied Sammy
Mrs Quack looked up at Sao down there?”
she asked
”If I tell you, will you wait until I get quite through?” asked Sammy in his turn
Mrs Quack promised that she would
”Well, then,” replied Sa in there, a stranger with a beautiful green head and neck and a white collar”
”Mr Quack! Oh, it was Mr Quack!” cried Mrs Quack joyfully and lifted her wings as if she would start for the swamp at once
”Stop!” cried Sah It won't do for you to go there until after dark, because there is a hunter hiding very near Mr Quack's hiding-place
Wait until it is dark and he has gone home Then take ht up here to the S Brook, and this is the safest place for both of you Now good night and good luck”
XIX
JERRY MUSKRAT'S GREAT IDEA
A friendly friend is a friend indeed When he proves a friend in the time of need
Mr and Mrs Quack had been so much taken up with each other and with their troubles that they had quite forgotten they were not alone in the Shing Brook So it happened that when Mrs Quack suggested that if Mr Quack's wing got strong they ht be able to find a lonesome pond not too far ahere they could make their home for the summer, they were a little startled to hear a voice say: ”I knohere there is one, and you will not have to fly at all to get to it” Both jumped a little You see their nerves had been veryhed
”hello, Jerry Muskrat! We'd forgotten all about you,” said Mrs
Quack ”What was that you said?”
Jerry good-naturedly repeated what he had said Mrs Quack's face brightened ”Do you really erly ”Do you really mean that you know of a pond where we could live and not be likely to be seen by these two-legged creatures called men?”
”That's what I said,” replied Jerry briefly
”Oh, Jerry, you're not joking, are you? Tell ed Mrs Quack