Everybody ran at once to the far corner of the pasture; and there was Willie, alive and well, in the shaft.
Oh, how glad he was when his father caught him in his arms, and lifted him out! Now I will tell you how Willie came to be in the shaft. Heand Caper went to the pasture field, and came to the edge of the shaft and sat down. In bending over to see how deep it was, he lost his balance, and fell in. He tried very hard to get out, but could not. When the good little dog saw that his master was in the shaft, he would not leave him, but ran round and round,reaching down and trying to pull him out. But while Caper was pulling Willie by the coat sleeves, a piece of sod gave way under his feet, and he fell in too. Willie called for his father and mother as loud as he could call; but he was so far away from the house that no one could hear him.