CHAPTER XI

TWO GIRLS AND A CALF

Having gone to the kitchen to fill the bottle with milk, which she had set to warm, Miriam accompanied her guest to the barn. As she walked by the side of Dora, with the bottle in one hand and the other holding up her voluminous silk robe, it was well for her peace of mind that no stately coachman sat upon a box and looked at her.

In a corner of the lower floor of the barn they found the calf, lying upon a bed of hay, and covered by a large piece of mosquito netting, which Miriam had fastened above and around him. Dora laughed as she saw this.

"It isn't every calf," she said, "that sleeps so luxuriously."

"The flies worried the poor thing dreadfully," said Miriam, "but I take it off when I feed it."

She proceeded to remove the netting, but she had scarcely done so, when she gave an exclamation that was almost a scream.

"Oh, dear, oh, dear!" she cried; "I believe it is dead," and down she sat upon the floor close to the calf, which lay motionless, with its head and neck extended. Down also sat Dora. She did not need to consider the hay-strewn floor and her clothes; for although she wore a very tasteful and becoming costume, it was one she had selected with reference to barn explorations, field strolls, and anything rural and dusty which any one else might be doing, or might propose. No one could tell what dusty and delightful occupation might turn up during an afternoon at Cobhurst.

Answer the following questions:
1. Does every calf sleep luxuriously?
2. Who went to the kitchen?
3. Why did she go?
4. With what?
5. Was it warm or cold?
6. Who's side was she by?
7. What was she holding in one hand?
8. And in the other hand?
9. What was the calf doing?
10. On what?
11. What was covering it?
12. Was it large or small?
13. Why was the netting used?
14. Does the netting ever get taken off?
15. For what?
16. Was the calf dead?
17. What body parts were extended?
18. Who also sat down?
19. What was she wearing?
1. no
2. Miriam
3. to fill the bottle
4. milk
5. she warmed it
6. Dora
7. the bottle
8. her robe
9. lying down
10. a bed of hay
11. mosquito netting
12. large
13. The flies worried it
14. yes
15. when it is fed
16. yes
17. its head and neck
18. Dora
19. a very tasteful and becoming costume