84 Hurrah for the Holidays!

 

Alick saw that I was a little red
and uncomfortable, for he asked
me to come and play on the lawn.
We ran away, taking a last look at
the two elder ones. It was not
such boisterous play that we had,
we two together, yet I think we
enjoyed it very much, half-talking,
half-playing. We were very good
friends, and the morning went very
quickly. When the dinner-bell
rang, we agreed that we would
start off together as soon as we
could for the apple-orchard at the
top of the hill, where we were not
likely to be disturbed.
That hot July afternoon, how