"
"But the horses are bigger than the cows. You'll get scared again, and
with scaring and crying you'll be so bad off your back won't get any
better all day, and to-morrow I got to leave you and go to work."
"Then I'll see all the things to-day, an' to-morrow I'll think about them
'til you come back. Please Mickey! If things don't get Bobbie an' Mary,
they won't get me!"
"That's a game little girl!" said Mickey. "All right, I'll take you. But
you ought to have----"
"Have what Mickey?" she inquired, instantly alert.
"Well never you mind what," said Mickey. "You be a good girl and lie
still, so your back will be better, and watch the bundle I'll bring home
to-morrow night."
Peaches shivered in delight. Mickey proceeded slowly, followed by the
entire family.
"Mickey, it's so big!" she marvelled. "Everything is so far away, an' so
big!"
"Now isn't it!" agreed Mickey. "You see it's like I told you. Now let me
show you the garden."
He selected that as a safe proposition. Peaches grasped the idea readily
enough.
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