dug up? You could raise your own vegetables. It would be so much
cheaper than buying them."

Mrs. Morris laughed in great amusement. "Think of the hens, and
cats, and dogs, and rabbits, and, above all, the boys that I have.
What sort of a garden would there be, and do you think it would be
fair to take their playground from them?"

The lady said, "No, she did not think it would be fair."

I am sure I don't know what the boys would have done without this
strip of ground. Many a frolic and game they had there. In the
present case, Ned walked around and around it, with his stick on
his shoulder, Billy and I strolling after him. Presently Billy made a
dash aside to get a bone. Ned turned around and said firmly, "To
heel!"

Billy looked at him innocently, not knowing what he meant. "To
heel!" exclaimed Ned again. Billy thought he wanted to play, and
putting his head on his paws, he began to bark. Ned laughed; still
he kept saying "To heel!" He would not say another word. He
knew if he said "Come here," or "Follow," or "Go behind," it
would confuse Billy.

Finally, as Ned kept saying the words over and over, and pointing
to me, it seemed to dawn upon Billy that he wanted him to follow
him. So he came beside me, and together we followed Ned around
the garden, again and again.

Ned often looked behind with a pleased face, and I felt so proud to