There, now you have it!" "Now come in and we'll see who makes a worse face about it, you or I!" With these words Dino took his little brother's hand, and together they ran into the room.

Very soon afterwards, the family all sat down to their mid-day meal.

On most days the children would be telling their mother about the happenings of the morning.

They would all talk at once until it was quite hard for her to do them all justice.

But to-day it was different.