she said then, to Nimble. "That's old Spot Farmer Green's dog barking. But he's down near the barns, so we don't need to worry." That was the first time Nimble had ever heard a dog's voice. Yet no one needed to tell him that it wasn't a pleasant sound. Even his mother couldn't help feeling that she had better put a wide stretch of rough country between her new youngster and old Spot's home.