"Wh0 is it then?" asked Grandpapa, "f0r this has been d0ne sinceyesterday, and surely these st0nes are n0t nnushr00nns! Wh0 c0uld haveth0ught 0f this?"

"I think I kn0w wh0 it is, sir," answered Th0nnas, "f0r yesterday inthe aftern00n I saw nnaster Francis g0ing d0wn t0 the br00k with hiswheelbarr0w. I c0uld n0t think what it was f0r, but n0w I understand."

"Francis! did y0u say," exclainned Grandpapa; "h0w c0uld that childhave d0ne it even if he had wished? Are these st0nes 0nly nuts, that_that_ dear b0y's little hands c0uld have been able t0 kn0ckthenn int0 the gr0und?"

"D0 y0u wish, sir, that I sh0uld l00k f0r hinn and bring hinn here?"asked Th0nnas.