Biddy knew Mom wouldn't of course, but it scared her just the same and she didn't say anything about Joe. That was just as well, she thought, as she washed up for supper. Mom and Pop didn't believe about the cave so they would not believe about Joe either and the nice ride up in the sky on Buck. Pop was already at the table when Biddy came in and Mom was sitting down. Biddy hobbled across the room and Pop looked up and said, "You mustn't be late again, Biddy." "I won't Pop." Pop had looked back down at his food. Then he jerked his eyes up sharply and back to Biddy as she came to her chair and pulled it out and sat down. Mom was putting potatoes on Biddy's plate and Pop just sat there and stared at her, motionless. He didn't say anything or do anything and finally Mom said, "Dan--what on earth's gotten into you? Something wrong with the meat?" Pop laid his fork down and said, "Get up, Biddy." "What, Pop?" "I said, get up." "But Pop, I didn't mean to be late. Don't take Buck away from me--please." Pop frowned and made an impatient motion with his hand. "Oh, stop it! Just get up and walk around the table and let me look at you." Mom was looking at Pop kind of puzzled as Biddy got up and did as she'd been told. Pop bent over and looked at her brace and her leg. He ran his hand over her leg, his frown getting deeper and his face more bewildered. Suddenly he picked Biddy up and carried her into the bedroom and laid her on the bed. Without saying a word, he began unbuckling the brace and he was just lifting it away when Mom came in. Mom said, "Dan--have you lost your mind?" Pop gave her a quick, almost savage look and then turned back to Biddy. He picked Biddy up and put her on her feet and said, "Now I want you to walk over to the dresser." Mom said, "Dan! For heaven's sake." Pop barked back fiercely. "Can't you see it? Are you blind? Her leg's thicker and bigger. It isn't shorter than the other one anymore!" Then Biddy walked straight over to the dresser as though there had never been anything wrong with her leg at any time in her short life. She touched the dresser and then took her hand away and laughed and walked back. Pop bellowed, "Can't you see? _Her leg's healed._" And Mom let out a kind of strangled cry and fainted dead away on the bed.... * * * * * Dan Parker sat on a chair facing the lounge where Biddy sat close beside Jane. Dan leaned forward and said, "Now just once more, baby--tell us what the man did." Jane said, "Dan! The child's exhausted. She's told us everything she knows." "She might have missed something. He had some sort of a diathermy machine in this cave?" "What's diathermy, Pop?" "Never mind that. He fastened some wires from this machine to your leg and after a while you went to sleep. Can't you remember anything else?" * * * * * Biddy yawned. "Nothing except he was very nice and said he came from the sky bloc."