"In a short time you
won't know you're wearing shoes--unless you happen to lose one."
Twinkleheels had supposed that when they reached Farmer Green's place
everybody that he met would speak about his new shoes. But nobody paid
any attention to them. Everybody seemed to stare at Johnnie Green as
soon as he jumped out of the buggy.
"Why are folks looking at Johnnie?" Twinkleheels asked old dog Spot, who
had come running up to meet him.
"Haven't you noticed?" Spot cried. "Didn't you _hear_ anything when
Johnnie began to walk on the barn floor?"
"No!"
"Well, you're slow to-day," said Spot. "Johnnie Green's wearing some new
shoes that his father bought for him in the village. It's queer that you
didn't notice them.... Aren't they nice and squeaky?"
XIX
THRASHING TIME
The pair of bays were feeling grumpy. Thrashing time had come. And they
knew that they would have to spend long hours in the tread mill out in
the field, where the oats were stacked. They grumbled a good deal, as
they stood in their stalls.
"I don't see why you object to turning the tread mill for Farmer Green,"
Twinkleheels said to them.
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