Four little Blossoms at Brookside Farm - Tim And Angi

The Home Laundry 109
four children and a dog are too many to
have
in the kitchen on baking day. Anyway, the
turnovers are done. I'll slip them on a plate
and let Meg carry it out under the chestnut
tree. Then you may have your picnic." And
so it
was settled.
"I wish," confided Meg, as she bit into a juicy
bit of pie—Aunt Polly made wonderful berry
pies— "I had my 'Black Beauty' book."
"I'll never have another doll like Geraldine!"
sighed Dot. "Never! And what good are all
her clothes?
I haven't any doll to fit 'em."
"You might take a tuck in 'em for Totty-
Fat," suggested Bobby, using the disrespectful
name he had invented for Dot's old doll. "She's
a sight. Oh dear! I wish I had tried to fly my
airplane just once before I
lost it."
"Well, there's my bird," mourned Twaddles.
"Aunt Polly never heard it sing.
never will."
And now she
"I dripped a little juice on my dress," announced
Dot doubtfully, after Meg had gone in
to help her aunt wash dishes.
"I should think you had," said Bobby, gazing