By this time Bobbie had forgotten all about the tramps who took the jewelry. He was thinking only of catching Toto.
“Oh ho! You’re a fine, fat one!” laughed Bobbie. “I’d like you for a pet!”
“I’ve got to get away as fast as I can!” thought Toto. “I wish I had not come so far from the dam and the water back of it. If I could find some deep water now I’d dive into it and this boy chap couldn’t find me. I’d stay under a long time.”
But, just then, Toto could see no water near him, though he remembered he had swum in a brook almost up to the house into which the tramps had broken to get food and the box of jewelry.
“If I could only find that brook now!” thought poor Toto.
“I’ll get you! I’ll get you!” cried the boy. Of course Toto did not know what these words meant any more than the boy could understand beaver talk. But Toto knew he was in danger, and the boy knew the little animal, with the flat tail, was trying to get away.
Now Toto could smell water even when he could not see it. His nose was very good for smelling, and, as he ran along—or rather “waddled,” as I call... #story #kidsstories ✝️❣️?️ AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com cointr.ee/acresoft