"She sometimes catches more than you bargain for." "And then, _you_ catch more than you bargain for," said Rachel, looking up roguishly from her knitting.
Solomon stuck his tongue in his cheek and grimaced.
Isaac came behind Levi and gave his coat a pull and toddled off with a yell of delight.
"Be quiet, Ikey!" cried Esther.

"If you don't behave better I shan't sleep in your new bed." "Oh yeth, you mutht, Ethty," lisped Ikey, his elfish face growing grave.
He went about depressed for some seconds.
"Kids are a beastly nuisance," said Levi, "don't you think so, Esther ?" "Oh no, not always," said the little girl.

"Besides we were all kids once." "That's what I complain of," said Levi.

"We ought to be all born grown-up." "But that's impossible!" put in Rachel.
"It isn't impossible at all," said Esther.

"Look at Adam and Eve!" Levi looked at Esther gratefully instead.