I 'll have a trap , and kill him dead , '' cried Rob , disgusted with Frisky 's grasping nature . `` Perhaps if you watch , you can find out where he puts them , and I may be able to get them back for you , '' said Dan , who was much amused by the fight between the boys and squirrels . So Rob watched and saw Mr. and Mrs. Frisky drop from the drooping elm boughs on to the roof of the corn-barn , dodge in at one of the little doors , much to the disturbance of the doves , and come out with a nut in each mouth . So laden they could not get back the way they came , but ran down the low roof , along the wall , and leaping off at a corner they vanished a minute and re-appeared without their plunder . Rob ran to the place , and in a hollow under the leaves he found a heap of the stolen property hidden away to be carried off to the holes by and by . `` Oh , you little villains ! I 'll cheat you now , and not leave one , '' said Rob . So he cleared the corner and the corn-barn , and put the contested nuts in the garret , making sure that no broken window-pane could anywhere let in the unprincipled squirrels . They seemed to feel that the contest was over , and retired to their hole , but now and then could not resist throwing down nut-shells on Rob 's head , and scolding violently as if they could not forgive him nor forget that he had the best of the battle . Father and Mother Bhaer 's crop was of a different sort , and not so easily described ; but they were satisfied with it , felt that their summer work had prospered well , and by and by had a harvest that made them very happy . CHAPTER XIX . JOHN BROOKE `` Wake up , Demi , dear ! I want you . '' `` Why , I 've just gone to bed ; it ca n't be morning yet ; '' and Demi blinked like a little owl as he waked from his first sound sleep . `` It 's only ten , but your father is ill , and we must go to him . O my little John ! my poor little John ! '' and Aunt Jo laid her head down on the pillow with a sob that scared sleep from Demi 's eyes and filled his heart with fear and wonder ; for he dimly felt why Aunt Jo called him `` John , '' and wept over him as if some loss had come that left him poor . He clung to her without a word , and in a minute she was quite steady again , and said , with a tender kiss as she saw his troubled face , `` We are going to say good-by to him , my darling , and there is no time to lose ; so dress quickly and come to me in my room . I must go to Daisy . ''
`` Yes , I will ; '' and when Aunt Jo was gone , little XXXXX got up quietly , dressed as if in a dream , and leaving Tommy fast asleep went away through the silent house , feeling that something new and sorrowful was going to happen something that set him apart from the other boys for a time , and made the world seem as dark and still and strange as those familiar rooms did in the night .
Dan Demi Jo John XIX first garret left minute squirrels