course Squinty came down on all four legs. He did not know what the boy
meant to have him do.

"I guess I'll have to stand you in a corner to start with," the boy
said. "That will brace you up."

Then, kindly and gently, the boy took Squinty over to the place where
the corn crib was built on to the barn. This made a corner and the
little pig was stood up on his hind legs in that. Then, with something
to lean his back against, he did not feel like falling over, and he
remained standing up on two legs, with his front feet stuck out in front
of him.

"That's the way to do it!" cried Bob. "Soon you will be able to stand up
without anything to lean against. And, a little later, you will be able
to walk on your hind legs. Now here's an apple for you, Squinty!"

So you see Squinty received his reward for starting to learn a new
trick.

In a few days, just as the boy had said, the little pig found that he
could sit up on his hind legs all alone, without anything to lean back
against.

But learning to walk on his hind legs was a little harder.

The boy, however, was patient and kind to him. At first Bob held
Squinty's front feet, and walked along with him so the little pig would
get used to the new trick. Then one day Bob said: