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The Garden Party

CHAPTER 1
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Come on!" And she tugged Kezia's jersey.

"You can use my bucket if you come with me," she said kindly.
"It's bigger than yours." But Kezia couldn't leave Lottie all by herself.

She ran back to her.

By this time Lottie was very red in the face and breathing heavily.
"Here, put your other foot over," said Kezia.
"Where ?" Lottie looked down at Kezia as if from a mountain height.
"Here where my hand is." Kezia patted the place.
"Oh, there do you mean!" Lottie gave a deep sigh and put the second foot over.
"Now--sort of turn round and sit down and slide," said Kezia.
"But there's nothing to sit down on, Kezia," said Lottie.
She managed it at last, and once it was over she shook herself and began to beam.
"I'm getting better at climbing over stiles, aren't I, Kezia ?" Lottie's was a very hopeful nature.
The pink and the blue sunbonnet followed Isabel's bright red sunbonnet up that sliding, slipping hill.

At the top they paused to decide where to go and to have a good stare at who was there already.


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