"Uff! Uff!" grunted Squinty, as he chewed the apple. "So that's another
trick, is it?"




CHAPTER VIII


SQUINTY IN THE WOODS

Bob, the boy who had bought Squinty, the comical pig, laughed and
clapped his hands. His two sisters, who were playing with their dolls in
the shade of an evergreen tree, heard their brother, and one of them
called out:

"What is it, Bob? What is it?"

"Oh, come and see my pig do a trick!" answered the boy. "He is too funny
for anything!"

"Can he really do a trick?" asked the smaller sister, whose name was
Mollie.

"Indeed he can," the boy said. "He can do two tricks--find hidden
acorns, and jump a rope."

"Oh, no, not really jump a rope!" cried Sallie.