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slices of cheddar cheese. Then she got a box of crackers down from the cupboard.
    “Would you like something to drink?” Mattie asked Stella. “How about some melke?”
    “Sounds good to me.” Stella took a seat at the table and Mattie got out the milk and two glasses.
    Mattie had just started to eat when Ada hollered, “Kaes!
Meh
kaes!”
    Mattie didn’t want to get up for more cheese, so she handed Ada a few pieces from her own plate.
    As they ate, they visited some more, and giggled at Ada while listening to her try to sing in German Dutch the words to, “Oh where, oh where, has my little dog gone.” It was cute hearing Ada’s own version of the song she’d heard their family sing together on many occasions.
    “When we’re done eating would you like to see some of the tricks I’ve taught my dog?” Mattie asked Stella.
    Stella nodded eagerly. “That sounds like fun. Maybe we can teach Twinkles a few new tricks, too.”
    After Mattie and Stella were done eating, they took Ada outside, and then Mattie called Twinkles, her little brown-and-white fox terrier, who liked to sleep in the barn.
    It took a few minutes of clapping and calling to get Twinkles’s attention. When the dog finally ran out of the barn, Ada started jumping up and down, while waving her hands.
    “
Hundli!
” Ada shouted. “Hundli! Hundli!”
    “Twinkles is not a puppy, she’s two years old.” Mattie tapped Ada’s shoulder. “And you need to settle down.”
    Mattie was sure Ada didn’t understand what she’d said, because she kept jumping up and down, waving her hands, and hollering at the top of her lungs, “Hundli! Hundli! Hundli!”
    “Calm down now, Ada!” Mattie scolded, as she shook her finger. “Twinkles won’t do any tricks if you carry on like that.”
    “What tricks can the dog do?” Stella asked.
    “Let me show you.” Mattie pointed at Twinkles and said, “Sit!”
    Twinkles sat on her haunches and looked up at Mattie with her brown, almond-shaped eyes, as if begging for a treat.
Woof! Woof!
    “Good job, Twinkles,” Stella said. She really did look impressed.
    Ada squealed and waved her hands some more.
    “Roll over,” Mattie said, ignoring Ada, and turning her hand in the direction she wanted Twinkles to roll.
    Woof!
Twinkles’s little black nose twitched as she dropped to the ground and rolled one way and then the other.
    Stella and Mattie both laughed, but when Twinkles rolled over again, Ada got so excited she started running around in circles, as she continued to wave her hands and holler, “Hundli!”
    Woof! Woof! Woof!
Twinkles ran behind Ada, barking and leaping into the air like she had springs in her legs.
    “Stop it, Twinkles!” Mattie shouted. “Settle down now and come here to me.”
    Twinkles, paying no attention to Mattie now, continued to run and jump, until she nearly wore herself out and started panting. The poor dog’s tongue stuck out on one side of her mouth, but she still kept running and jumping.
    “Fox terriers are very energetic dogs and they love to jump,” Mattie told Stella. “There are two types—smooth fox terriers and wire fox terriers. You can see by Twinkles’s fur that she’s a smooth fox terrier. Terriers like her also like to bark, dig, and chase small animals.”
    “Twinkles is
voll schpass
!” Ada hollered as she danced around the yard waving her hands above her head.
    “Jah, I know Twinkles is very funny,” Mattie shouted so she could be heard, “but you’re getting her all worked up.” She raced after the dog, clapping her hands. “Go on back to the barn, Twinkles—right now!”
    Woof! Woof! Woof!
Twinkles tipped her head to one side, as though thinking about it; then she gave another loud bark and headed straight for the barn.
    Mattie was relieved that the dog had obeyed her, however Stella looked disappointed, and Ada started crying.
So much for showing Stella some of Twinkles’s tricks!
    “Let’s do something else,” Mattie said. “Something