I have been very busy . I had measles . Do you have them here ? '' asked the guest , as if anxious to compare notes on the sad subject . `` We had ours ever so long ago . What have you been doing besides having measles ? '' said Betty , showing a polite interest . `` I had a fight with a bumble-bee . '' `` Who beat ? '' demanded Bab . `` I did . I ran away and he could n't catch me . '' `` Can you shoot nicely ? '' `` I hit a cow . She did not mind at all . I guess she thought it was a fly . '' `` Did your mother know you were coming ? '' asked Bab , feeling an interest in runaways . `` No ; she is gone to drive , so I could not ask her . '' `` It is very wrong to disobey .
My Sunday-school book says that children who are naughty that way never go to heaven , '' observed virtuous XXXXX , in a warning tone .
Bab Betty bumble-bee cow fight guest measles mother notes runaways