"
"Pooh! that's the way bucking broncos always do, don't they, Daddy?
I'm going to have a bronco!"
"Well, well see when we get there," said Daddy Martin. "But since
you all seem to like it, we'll go out West."
"Can we take Nicknack?" asked Teddy.
"You won't need him if you have a pony," his father suggested.
"No, that's so. Hurray! What fun we'll have!"
"Are there any Indians out there?" asked Janet.
"Well, a few, I guess," her father answered. "But they're docile
Indians--not wild. They won't hurt you. Now let's go in and talk
about it."
The Curlytops asked all sorts of questions of their father about
Uncle Frank's ranch, but though he could tell them, in a general way,
what it looked like, Mr. Martin did not really know much about the
place, as he had never been there.
"But you'll find lots of horses, ponies and cattle there," he said.
"And can we take Nicknack with us, to ride around the ranch?" asked
Jan, in her turn.
"Oh, you won't want to do that," her father said. "You'll have
ponies to ride, I think."
"What'll we do with Nicknack then?" asked Ted.
"We'll have to leave him with some neighbor until we come back,"
answered his father. "I was thinking of asking Mr. Newton to take
care of him. Bob Newton is a kind boy and he wouldn't harm your goat."
"Yes, Bob is a good boy," agreed Teddy. "I'd like him to have
Nicknack.
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