noon
When he felt the mop coming down , he thought the sky was falling , and ran as fast as Chicken Little frightened by the rose-leaf . It was of no use . The mop was wilful , and fell into the trough ; and there it staid , though the children spent the rest of the forenoon in vain attempts to hook it out . When Ruthie went that noon to feed the pig , she found the trough choked with a mop , a hoe , a shovel , and several clothes-pins . She did not stop to inquire into the matter , but took the articles out , one by one , saying to herself , with a smile , -- `` Some of that baby 's work . I could n't think what had become of my mop ; she 's enough to try the patience of Job . And now , '' added Ruth , throwing her apron over her head , `` I may as well look up Miss Dimple .