174 The field Lesson.

cat either has ever been known to
laugh.

Yet Johnny could laugh when he
was a tiny baby, you know; so that
was one difference between him and
Wolf.

It was out in the fields and
meadows that May taught him a
great many things. Very often she
did not know that she was teaching
him anything; and it did not seem
like a lesson at all: she was just
showing him how to do something ;
and they both enjoyed those times
together very much indeed. It was
so nice running about amongst the
sheep and lambs when the sun
shone, and there were lots of sweet