Your joinering performances are apt to be somewhat grubby and messy." There was quite a good garden at the back of the bungalow, with rows of vegetables and gooseberry bushes and fruit-trees.

At the end was a wooden shed where the motor-bicycle was kept, and a small wired enclosure originally made for hens.
"It's exactly the place for rabbits, when I get a hutch for them," explained Hereward, putting down his box of tools, and turning over the packing-case with a professional eye.

"Now a wooden frame covered with wire, and a pair of hinges will just do the job.

I can saw these pieces to fit.

Hold the wood steady, that's a mascot!" The two were kneeling on the ground by the side of the packing-case, much absorbed in the process of exact measurements, when suddenly there was a rustling and a scrambling noise, and on the wall close to them appeared a collie dog, growling, snarling, and showing its teeth.