"Yes, he is, so now!" cried Vi.

"Oh! Oh!" screamed Alice. "I see his legs!"

At that they all saw his legs--at least, as much of them as were poked
out of the mouth of the drainpipe. And they certainly were kicking
vigorously. But the children outside made so much noise that the voice
of the boy inside the pipe could not be heard.

"Oh! Oh!" declared Vi, jumping up and down again. "It is biting him."

"What is biting him? Mosquitoes?" demanded Russ, as much puzzled as
anybody.

"The red thing! With the pointed ears! And a big tail!" cried Vi in
gasps.

"What can she mean?" demanded Rose.

[Illustration: PHILLY GRABBED LADDIE'S ANKLE AND STARTED TO PULL HIM
OUT.
_Six Little Bunkers at Mammy Junes._ _Page_ 187]

But Philly Armatage suspected the reason for Vi's fear at once. She
grabbed hold of Laddie's ankles and started to draw him out of the pipe.

"You'd better come out!" she cried. "That old fox will bite your nose
off."