I's gonna show you how I can jump clean 'cross that gully-where
hit's way deep!"
We ran through the horse lot, past the pigpens, and down the
lane as far as the calf pasture. Then we climbed the rail fence
and went farther on toward Huldie's house and the syrup mill,
till we came to the place where Shoogie wanted to jump across the
gully.
The gully was deep, and wide-too deep and wide for me. But
Shoogie leaped back and forth across it so many times she was out
of breath.
"Let's get them rocks now, Bandershanks. I sees some just
right, there in the bottom. All we's gotta do is pick 'em up and
wipe off the gully dirt."
The two rocks Shoogie picked out were so heavy it took us a
long time to lug them up to the well lot. When we did finally get
back, we saw that Huldie was in the garden again, and Doanie was
gone. Shoogie said she must be in the kitchen helping Mama cook
dinner.
"Bandershanks, you reckon they gonna cook cake?"
"No. We don't have no cake or pie, 'cept on Sunday."
"Let's make us some more frog houses.
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