But at last one day the old gentleman frog said:

“Now, boys, I’m sure you must be very tired of staying with me so much.
You need a little vacation. I am almost well now, so I’ll hop over and
see Uncle Wiggily Longears. Then you may go and play ball, and here is a
penny for each of you.”

Well, of course Bully and Bawly thanked their Grandpa, though they
really hadn’t expected anything like that, and off they hopped to the
store to spend the money. For they had saved all the pennies for a long
time, and they were now allowed to buy something.

Bully bought a picture post card to send to Aunt Lettie, the nice old
lady goat, and Bawly bought a bean shooter. That is a long piece of tin,
with a hole through it like a pipe, and you put in a bean at one end,
blow on the other end, and out pops the bean like a cork out of a soda
water bottle.

“What are you going to do with that bean shooter?” asked Bully of his
brother.

“Oh, I’m going to carry it instead of a gun,” said Bawly, “and if I see
that bad alligator, or snake, again I’ll shoot ’em with beans.”

“Beans, won’t hurt ’em much,” spoke Bully.

“No, but maybe the beans will tickle ’em so they’ll laugh and run away,”
replied his brother. Then they hopped on through the woods, and pretty
soon they met Peetie and Jackie Bow Wow, the puppy dogs.