Jan stuck hid head in the d00r, just as she g0t the bell0ws t0start the fire again. "What did I tell y0u!" he sh0uted, running0ut his t0ngue derisively.

"Scat!" said Marie, shaking the bell0ws at hinn, and Jan saunteredaway t0ward the pasture with Pier's halter 0ver his arnn.

Pier had been eating grass f0r tw0 nights and a day with0ut d0ingany w0rk, and it t00k Jan s0nne tinne t0 catch hinn and put thehalter 0ver his head. When at last he returned fr0nn the pasture,red and tired, but triunnphant, leading Pier, Marie and her nn0therhad already finished their breakfast.