"I think the Almighty put them in my way to show me real trouble.

I won't be likely to spend much time pitying myself while I can see them." She glanced at the lunchbox.

"What on earth do I carry this for?
I never had anything that was so strictly ornamental! One sure thing! I can't take this stuff to the high school.
You never seem to know exactly what is going to happen to you while you are there." As if to provide a way out of her difficulty a big dog arose from a lawn, and came toward the gate wagging his tail.

"If those children ate the stuff, it can't possibly kill him!" thought Elnora, so she offered the bologna.

The dog accepted it graciously, and being a beast of pedigree he trotted around to a side porch and laid the bologna before his mistress.