"I never went on a picnic." "Never went on a picnic ?" she cried, astonished.

"Oh, you'll see what fun we'll have.

In the morning father and the children dig clams in the mud by the shore, an' we bake them, and--oh, there's thousands of things to do." "Once I went sailing on the bay," said McTeague.

"It was in a tugboat; we fished off the heads.

I caught three codfishes." "I'm afraid to go out on the bay," answered Trina, shaking her head, "sailboats tip over so easy.