. Uncle Zeb & his friends . re something that must be brought to land. One afternoon near the end of the long vacation theboys went down to the shore of the pond to play. WhileMark and Fred were watching a turtle, little Charliewent over to a big rock that reached out into deep wa-ter. All at once there was a splash and a scream, andCharlie was gone. He had slipped from the rock. The other boys ran, crying, toward him, and Marklay down on his stomach, to reach out as far as he could;but Charlie was nowhere to be seen. In their fear bothboys screamed at the top of their voices. A second laterBo
. Uncle Zeb & his friends . re something that must be brought to land. One afternoon near the end of the long vacation theboys went down to the shore of the pond to play. WhileMark and Fred were watching a turtle, little Charliewent over to a big rock that reached out into deep wa-ter. All at once there was a splash and a scream, andCharlie was gone. He had slipped from the rock. The other boys ran, crying, toward him, and Marklay down on his stomach, to reach out as far as he could;but Charlie was nowhere to be seen. In their fear bothboys screamed at the top of their voices. A second laterBob came tearing out of the bushes, barking as if heknew something was wrong, and was trying to say,Whats the matter? What do you want me to do? Both boys had the same thought at the same could do what they could not. Each made themotion of throwing something into the water, and eachcried, In, Bob, in! Go fetch it! With a great splash Bob leaped clear of the rock andbegan to swim in a circle. He had not made even one. The dog did not have to be told what to do. . In half aminute he had the boy in shallow water. BOB 13 turn when Charlies head came up close at hand. Thedog did not have to be told what to do. He knew thathe was there to get something, so he fastened his teethin Charlies coat-collar, and in half a minute had himin shallow water, where the boys could drag him out. That evening, when the doctor had come down fromCharlies room, and had said that he would be all rightin the morning, and the boys had told him again howquickly and how well Bob had acted, the doctor pattedthe dogs curly head tenderly, and turning to Mark,said, Now do you see, my boy, why I told you never tolie to a The Pirate of the Pond Hole brook on the Alden farm comes dancingand singing along through the woods; it strollsout into the pasture, wriggles under the roadthrough a dark, rock-bound hole, and then, as if tiredand in search of rest, it stretches itself out in the duckpond. Tall wi
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