found that she was wandering off, he stopped digging and chuckled as
he watched her. It wasn't long before back she came in great
excitement. She had found a better place!

So they wandered over the Green Meadows, Polly leading the way. Johnny
had learned by this time to waste no time digging. And he had made up
his mind to one thing. What do you think it was? It was this: He would
follow Polly until she found a place to suit him, but when she did
find such a place she shouldn't have a chance to change her mind
again.




XIV

A NEW HOME AT LAST


Home, no matter where it be,
Or it be big or small,
Is just the one place in the world
That dearest is of all.

Johnny Chuck was thinking of this as he worked with might and main. It
was a new house that he was building, but already he felt that it was
home, and every time he thought of it he felt a queer little tugging
at his heart. You see, while it was his home, it was Polly Chuck's
home, too, and that made it doubly dear to Johnny Chuck, even before
it was finished.