It will be perfectly dreadful if it dies." The two girls sat close together, their eyes fixed upon the apparently lifeless head of the bovine infant.
"See!" cried Miriam, presently, "its throat moves; I believe it is sucking the milk." Dora leaned over and gazed.

It was indeed true; the calf was beginning to take an interest in food.

The interest increased; the girls could see the milk slowly diminishing in the bottle.

Before long the creature gave its head a little wobble.

Miriam was delighted.
"That is the way it always does, when its appetite is good.