PLANS.

  

— “Floss and me will go to the toy-shop and
buy our hoops; won’t we, Floss? Oh, I wish

 
 

it was time to go now; don’t you, Floss?”

 
 

“Yes, dear ; a month’s a good while to wait,”

 
 

said Floss sympathizingly. “May we go out

 
 

on the shore again by ourselves this afternoon,

 
 

nurse?”

 
 

“Tf it doesn’t rain,’ said nurse; and Floss,

 
 

who had half an hour to wait before it was time

 
 

for her to join her sisters in the schoolroom,

 
 

went to the window to have a look at the

 
    

weather. She had not stood there for more

   

than a minute when Carrots climbed up on to

 
 

a chair beside her.

 
 

“Tt’s going to rain, Floss,” he said; “there

 
 

are the little curly clouds in the sky that

 
 

Matthew says come when it rains.”

 
 

Floss looked up at the sky and down at the
sce

     
  

“The sea looks cross to-day,” she said.

There were no pretty ripples this morning ;

 
 

the water looked dull and leaden.

 
 

“Floss,” said Carrots with a sigh, “I do get