“There!” said Aunt Jessica. “Now you know two things to do for a bee sting.”
Elliott opened her eyes wide. “Why, so I do, don’t I? I truly do.”
“That’s the way people learn,” said Mother Jess, “by emergencies. It is the only way they are sure to remember. Laura is helping Henry milk. Suppose you make us some biscuit for supper, Elliott.”
Elliott started to say, “I’ve never made biscuit,” but shut her lips tight before the words slipped out.
“I will tell you the rule. You’d better double it for our family. Everything is plainly marked in the pantry. Perhaps the fire needs another stick before you begin.”
Carefully the girl selected a stick from the wood-box. “Just let me get my apron, Aunt Jessica,” she said.