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 does not freeze. We might go there first," said Little Joe.

"Is it far from here?" asked Mrs. Otter.

Little Joe admitted that it was very far from there. "But what of it?" said he. "It will give the youngsters a chance to see something of the Great World, and that will be good for them. When we reach that brook we can stay there as long as there is good fishing, and then follow it down to the Big River. Then we can come down the Big River and so back here to the Laughing Brook."

Mrs. Otter thought this over for a few minutes. "Wouldn't such a journey over land be dangerous?" she asked.