At last, finding nothing to alarm them, in an absent-minded way one of the two went down the slide, splash into the cool brown water.

The other followed at once.

The temptation was simply not to be resisted, you know.

And in a minute more they were both hard at it, having the time of their lives--hawks, foxes, minks, and vanished parents alike forgotten." "Oh!" protested the Babe in a shocked voice.
"You may say 'Oh!'" retorted Uncle Andy, "but let me tell you, if the wild creatures hadn't pretty short memories, they would have a very unhappy time.
"Well, they had been enjoying themselves and forgetting their troubles for some little time, when, just as it came down the slide, one of them was grabbed and pulled under.

The mink had arrived and decided to settle accounts with the youngsters.