me I never was so hungry in my life."

"I believe boys are always hungry," said Sarah Ketchum.

Val Duke was leading the party. He got along faster than the others,
because he wasn't turning around every minute to say something. He
made an electrifying announcement:

"A cow's in the basket!"

"Gee-whiz!" said Dick, rushing at the cow. "Thunder!" said Julius, and
he gathered a handful of dried leaves and hurled them at the beast.
Kit said "Ruination!" and threw his cap. Clara said "Begone!" and
flapped her handkerchief in a scaring way. Sarah Ketchum said, "Shew!
Scat!" and pitched a small tree-top. It hit Dick and Valentine.
Constance said "Wretch!" and didn't throw anything. Mat didn't say
anything and threw her hickory-nut. Val threw his basket, and hung
it on the cow's horn. She shook it off walked away a few yards, then
turned and stared at the party.

"Lunch is gone, every smitch of it!" said Kit.

"Hope it'll kill her dead!" said Sarah Ketchum.

"We'd better have left it in the wagon. Bob couldn't have eaten it
all," said Clara.

"I wish Jule had taken it along," said Dick.

"I wish Dick had taken it along," said Julius.