e, as Raymond put
him down.

"No," said he, "but I feel rather cold."

His grandmother said she would soon warm him, and she led him into a
little bedroom, where he was accustomed to sleep, and undressed him,
talking good-humouredly with him all the while, so as to relieve his
fears, and make him feel more happy. She wiped him dry with soft
flannel, and gave him some clean, dry clothes, and made him very
comfortable again. She did not ask him how he happened to fall in the
water, for she knew it would trouble him to talk about it. So she amused
him by talking about other things, and at last let him out again into
the parlour.

The wetting did Caleb no injury; but the fright and the suddenness of
the plunge gave him a shock, which, in his feeble state of health, he
was ill able to bear. A good stout boy, with red cheeks and plump limbs,
would not have regarded it at all, but would have been off to play again
just as soon as his clothes were changed. But poor Caleb sat down in his
little rocking chair by the side of his grandmother, and began to rock
back and forth, as if he was rocking away the memory of his troubles,
while his grandmother went on with her work.

Presently he stopped to listen to the voices of Dwight and David, who
were out before the house.

"Grandmother," said he, "is that the boys?"

"Yes," said she, "I believe it is."

Then Caleb went on rocking, and the voices died away.

Presently, they came nearer again. The boys seemed to be passing down in
front of the house, with a wheelbarrow, towards the water.

"Grandmother," said Caleb, stopping again, "what do you suppose the
boys are doing?"

"I don't know," said she, "should not you like to go and see? You can
play with them half an hour before dinner, if you please."

Caleb did not answer, but began to rock again. He did not seem inclined
to go.

Soon after he heard a _splash_, as of stones thrown into the water.
Caleb started up and said,

"Grandmother, what _can_ they be doing?"

"I don't know," said she, "if you want to know very much, you must go
and see."

Caleb rose slowly, put his rocking chair back into its place, and went
to the door. He looked down towards the bank of the brook before the
house, and saw Dwight and David there. They had a wheelbarrow close to
the edge of the water, with a few stones in it, some as big as Caleb's
head. Each of the boys had a stone in his hand, which he was just
throwing into the brook. Caleb