"Yes!" they said, speaking as one--for they always did everything
together. "Yes! But you haven't asked us a question."

"Is this true--what the bays told me about you?" he snapped.

"We can't deny it," they chanted.

Twinkleheels was never more surprised.




XII

NO SCHOOL TO-DAY


And that night it snowed. In the morning, when Johnnie Green crawled
from his bed and looked out of the window he could scarcely see the
barn. A driving white veil flickered across the farmyard. The wind
howled. The blinds rattled. Even the whole house shook now and then as a
mighty blast rocked it.

It was just the sort of weather to suit Johnnie Green.

"There won't be any school to-day!" he cried. And he hurried into his
clothes much faster than he usually did.

[Illustration: Twinkleheels Talks to the Oxen. (Page 64)]