"I guess Trouble can't hit much that he throws at," observed Ted, as
he started Nicknack once more toward Cherry Farm.
"He threw a hair brush at me once and hit me," declared Jan.
"Yes, I remember," said Teddy. "Here, Trouble, if you want to throw
things throw these," and he stopped to pick up some old acorns which
he gave his little brother. "You can't hurt anyone with them."
Trouble was delighted with his new playthings, and kept quiet the rest
of the way home tossing the acorns out of the goat-wagon at the trees
he passed.
Grandma Martin said it did not matter about the broken box of soda, as
there was enough left for her need; so Ted and Jan, did not have to go
back to the store.
"But I'd like to ask that farmer more about the tramps on Star
Island," said Ted to his grandfather, when telling what the man had
said at the grocery.
"I'll see him and ask him," decided Grandpa Martin.
It was two days after this--two days during which the Curlytops had
much fun at Cherry Farm--that Grandpa Martin spoke at dinner one
afternoon.
"I saw Mr. Crittendon," he said, "and he told me that he had seen you
Curlytops at the store and mentioned the tramps on Star Island." "Are
they really there?" asked Jan eagerly.
"Well, they might have been. But we won't let them bother us if we go
camping. I'll make them clear out.
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