Where's that?
The big hill over there?
Oh, great! I love a climb! I'm just dancing to go! I feel as if I had been boxed up inside these big walls for years and years.

I only wish Peachy and Delia had been on the list too." "But we are!" exclaimed Delia's excited voice behind her.

"Stella and Marjorie both have colds, so we've swapped places with them, and they'll go next time instead.

Isn't it fine!" "I'm tingling right down to my toes," agreed Peachy, her jolly little freckled face one wide grin.

"It's going to be an afternoon of afternoons." "If it doesn't rain," said Lorna, eyeing the sky suspiciously.
"Oh, don't be a wet blanket! It's no use courting trouble, honey, as Willy Shakespeare says somewhere.