doctor around here."

"Then we'd better get him for our pony Clipclap!" exclaimed Janet.
"Come on, Teddy."

"If we had our goat-wagon we could ride," said the little boy, as
they walked along over the prairie together. "But I guess we've got
to walk now."

"Is it very far?" asked Janet.

"No, not very far. I've never been there, but you can easy see it."

Truly enough the white house of Doctor Bond was in plain sight, but
on the prairies the air is so clear that distant houses look nearer
than they really are.

So, though Ted and Janet thought they would be at the doctor's in
about ten minutes, they were really half an hour in reaching the
place. They saw the doctor's brass sign on his house.

"I hope he's in," said Teddy.

As it happened Doctor Bond was in, and he came to the door himself
when Teddy rang the bell, Mrs. Bond being out in the chicken part of
the yard.

"Well, children, what can I do for you?" asked Doctor Bond with a
pleasant smile, as he saw the Curlytops on his porch.