ws into your back."

"Thanks! That sounds fine for me, I am sure!"

"Well, isn't it better than staying here and saving your skin and
dying of hunger and thirst?"

"I suppose it is, but when you are out, how do you propose getting me
out, as there will be no one up whose back I can run and jump?"

"Oh, that will be all right! When I am out, I can run and bring some
one to help you out."

"Yes, I know, Mr. Stubby-tail. But do you realize that it is going to
be some job to get a goat of my size out of a deep, narrow hole like
this?"

"To be sure I do! But that can easily be accomplished when once I find
a man to accompany me here to see what is down in this well. Men with
pulleys can soon hoist you out."

"Well, I hope so, for I am getting tired already of being confined
here. Just hear that cat howl now!"

"Listen! I hear voices. He must see some one walking on the beach. I
hear two people talking and they are coming this way! Let's baa and
bark for all we are worth!"

This they did, and a little girl and her father who were walking along
the beach heard the meow of a cat come floating to them across the
water and the baa of a goat and the bark of a dog float to them from
the land on the other side. Still they could see no cat, dog or goat.
All they could discover was a black coat or something like it lying
out on the rocks.

Presently the little girl cried out, "Oh, papa, see! The coat is
moving! It isn't a coat at all, but a _cat_. Did you see its long
tail?"

"Sure enough, it is a cat. Most likely some bad boy has thrown it in
the water with a stone tied to its neck, to try to drown it, but it
has managed to crawl up on the rocks."

"Poor kitty! Let us go get our rowboat and bring it off. Will you,
papa?"

"Yes, dear; if you want to, we will."

On their way to get the boat they passed within a few feet of the
well, and though they heard both Billy's and Stubby's voices they
could see them nowhere, and the wind played sad havoc for it made
their voices sound as if they came from the opposite direction. After
stopping several times and listening without being able to decide
where the animals were, they walked on. Billy and Stubby could hear
their voices die away in the distance.

"Now, Billy, there is a chance lost, so stand up and let me see if I
can't climb up on your back and get out."

It took many trials, but at last by Billy putting his hind legs
against one wall of the well and bracing his