"The stream is so narrow, Granny, that we could step off the raft on the bank, any minute we wanted to, and oh, it will be such fun!"
Granny remembered the pranks of the boys in olden times, when she had so many of them in her house, and smiled.
"It is good to be young," she said.
"And the poor boy is prevented from a great deal of pleasure," said Aunt Alice; "Mrs. Horn was telling me about him. He will never make a strong man, they say."
"He has got a very strong spirit," said Hope; "or is it his soul that is strong and makes him like ordering girls about?"
"What's the difference between a spirit and a soul?" asked Faith.
"Oh, children, let us get away from such discussions," said Aunt Alice laughing; "they are too difficult for us altogether."
The little girls said no more, but they anxiously looked forward to the next day. Suppose it should rain?
Faith was snubbed when she suggested such a thing.
And when the day dawned it was a sunny Spring day.