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Show 135. He said i t flapped so hard in the xrind i t stung his leg, but he told Bill they xrere doxm below the frost line. Fortunately the snow was very light around txro in the afternoon; the xrind though xras cutting cold and dangerous. Sunny gave a great shout. "Here they a r e ! We measured just right Bil!,»3unny said coming in xrith the end of a carrot he had cut in txro xrith his shovel. Wiping i t off otf his coat, he bit into i t . "Tastes sweeter than honey. We'll cook you up some tonight and you'll be xrell tomorrow.'" Little Bill shouted at Sunny. "He xiants his share," Sunny said, "He can see me chewing." Sunny opened the bread box and t r i e d to break a biscuit in txro for him. "Here take i t a l l and use those new teeth you've been groxrling about on t h a t ." Bill smiled. They a l l talked to him like he xias one of them noxr. When he x.ns uncomfortable, he groxrled a strange sort of sing-song grumble in a gruff voice, and occasionally Bill thought he could hear imitations of some of their cussing-at least the tone xras there. He yelled "Bey" at them xrhen he xranted to get their attention. The next day Weasel stayed in bed again, and Sunny and Olaf, taking short turns, pulled doxm the xrind sheltered side of the coxr shed. In the afternoon they again took turns cutting i t up. That ni^ht Bill got up, peeled some carrots and cut |
