ing to be _all_ yours?" she asked.

"Well, didn't I find him?"

"Yes, but when I found a penny once and bought a lollypop, I gave you
half of it."

"Yes, you did," admitted Teddy, thinking of that time. "But I can't give
you half the pony, can I?"

"No, I guess not. But you could let me ride on him."

"Oh, I'll do that!" exclaimed Teddy quickly. He was thinking it would be
a hard matter to divide a live pony in half.

"Course I'll let you ride on him!" he went on. "We'll get Uncle Frank to
let us have a saddle and some of the cowboys can teach us to ride. And
I'll let you feed and water him as much as you like. I'm going to call
him Clipclap."

"That's a funny name," remarked Janet.

"It's how his feet sound when he runs," explained Teddy. "Don't you
know--clip-clap, clip-clap!" and he imitated the sound of a pony as best
he could.

"Oh, yes!" exclaimed Janet. "They do go that way."

"I haven't heard this one run," added Teddy, "'cause he's sick and he
can't gallop. But I guess his feet would make that sound, so I'm going
to call him Clipclap."

"It's a nice name," agreed Janet. "But I guess we better give him a
drink now. He must be awful thirsty."

"He is," said Teddy. "Hear him groan?"

The pony was again making a noise that did sound like a groan. He must
be in pain the children thought.

"Go on--give him your drink, Janet," urged Teddy. "Then I'll give him
mine."

Janet was afraid no longer. She went into the cave ahead of her brother,
and as the pony was lying down Janet had to kneel in front of him with
her hat full of water--no, it was not full, for some had spilled out,
but there was still a little in it.

The pony smelled the water when Janet was yet a little way from him, and
raised his head and part of his body by his forefeet. Though clear,
cold water has no smell to us, animals can smell it sometimes a long way
off, and can find their way to it when their masters would not know
where to go for a drink.

"Oh, see how glad he is to get it!" exclaimed Janet, as the pony eagerly
sucked up from her hat the water in it. The little animal drank very
fast, as if he had been without water a long while.

"Now give him yours, Teddy," Janet called to her brother, and he kneeled
down and let the pony drink from his hat.

"I guess he wants more," Janet said as the sick animal sucked up the
last drops from Teddy's hat. "It wasn't very much."

"We'll get more!" Teddy decided. "Then we'll go for