Who but Patricia Levine would ever think of eating ice-cream, and big green pickles at the same time?
The reason that she would have given for eating them at the same time would have been that she liked both.
They ate the papers of ice-cream first before it could melt, and then, each took a huge green pickle, and a favorite book, and settled down to read.
When the lunch hour arrived, Patricia felt a bit "queer," while Arabella felt decidedly "queerer."
Neither cared to eat, but they dared not stay away from the dining-room, so both went down to the table, but they made only a pretense of eating.
Early in the afternoon both felt hungry. Patricia rushed to the closet, and returned with some chocolate éclaires, and a bottle of olives.
"I'll eat an éclaire," said Arabella, "but maybe I'd better not eat olives with it."
"Well, of all things!" cried Patricia. "Let me tell you what you don't know. Éclaires and olives just b'long together. Don't act funny, Arabella."
Arabella, always afraid of being laughed at, ate not only one éclaire, but two, and a dozen olives, as well.
During the afternoon, they ate four crullers, two pickled limes, two ham sandwiches, and a pound of fudge.