"Something has happened!" cried Daddy Blake, jumping up from his chair. "I
hope Sammie isn't hurt!"




CHAPTER V

THE POTATOES' EYES


Hal and Mab ran after their father as he hurried out into the yard. They
could hear Sammie crying more loudly now, and above his voice sounded a
growling and barking noise.

One part of the fence, between the Blake yard and that where Mr. Porter
had made his garden, was low, so that the two children could look over.
They saw Sammie standing near the fence, greatly frightened, and looking
at a tangle of morning glory vines in which something was wiggling around
and making a great fuss.

"Oh, what is it?" asked Hal.

"It's a--it's a lion!" cried the frightened Sammie. "A great--great big
lion, all fuzzy like!"

"Oh, it couldn't be a lion, Sammie," said Mr. Blake. "Tell me what it is
that scared you."