"
"We like Snoop very much," answered Bert, and went on with his ladder.
Danny hunted for a stone, and watching his chance threw it at Snoop. It
landed close to the kitten's side and made Snoop run to the other side
of the barn roof.
"Stop that, Danny Rugg!" cried a voice from the other end of the common,
and Nan appeared. She had just heard about the happening to Snoop and
was hurrying to the spot to see if she could be of assistance.
"Oh, go on with your old cat!" sneered Danny, and shuffled off past Mr.
Roscoe's house.
The old man had come out to see what Bert was going to do with the
ladder, and now he came face to face with Danny Rugg.
"Well, is it possible!" murmured the old man to himself. "That boy must
belong around here after all!"
When Bert reached the barn he found a dozen boys collected, and several
volunteered to assist him in raising the long ladder. It was hard work,
and once the ladder slipped, but in the end it rested against the barn
roof and then Bert went up in a hurry.
"Come, Snoop!" he called, and the kitten came and perched himself on
Bert's shoulder.
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