Those are the boys' eight names." "Let's make a law," suggested Kitty, "that nobody at the table can say anything from now on till we are through supper, unless they speak in rhymes." They all agreed, but for a few minutes no one ventured a remark.

Only giggles broke the silence, until Allison asked Freddy Nicholls to pass the pickles.

Recorded here in a book, it may seem a very silly game, but to the jolly camping party, ready to laugh at even the sheerest nonsense, it proved to be the source of much fun.

Even Freddy, to his own great delight, surprised himself and the company by asking Elise to take some cheese.

Joe was thrown into confusion by Kitty's asking him if flesh, fowl, or fish, was his favourite dish.