Freddy and the Perilous Adventure (19 page)
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Authors: Walter R. Brooks
“That's the kind of talk I like to hear,” said Mrs. Wiggins heartily. “I'm proud of you, Wesley.” And the other animals crowded up and shook hands with him and patted him on the back.
“Why, you like me!” he exclaimed, and began to cry.
“Sure we like you,” said Jinx, “now you're not a pompous old flutterbudget any more.”
Freddy had heard the Beans drive into the yard some time ago, and now he picked up the two hundred dollars and went out to find Mr. Bean. The farmer was sitting on the front porch while Mrs. Bean could be heard clattering the dishes in the kitchen as she got supper. Freddy went up on the porch and put the packet of bills on the farmer's knee.
“Eh?” said Mr. Bean, looking at him sharply, and then he took up the bills and counted them. “By cracky!” he said. “By cracky!”
Mr. Bean never said “By cracky!” unless he was pretty deeply moved, and now he had said it twice. Freddy felt very happy, and he went up and rested his chin on Mr. Bean's knee.
A little while later Mrs. Bean went to the front parlor window and started to rap on it to call Mr. Bean in to supper. But what she saw stopped her. Mr. Bean, with his unlit pipe in his mouth, was rocking peacefully to and fro in the old willow rocker, and Freddy was sitting in his lap.
“Land sakes!” exclaimed Mrs. Bean. And then she laughed a little to herself, and went out and put Mr. Bean's supper on the back of the stove to keep it warm.
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Copyright © 1942 by Walter R. Brooks
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