These houses were, of course, merely a ground plan, and long, low piles of leaves divided the rooms. Openings in these partitions made doors, and the furniture was also formed of heaps of leaves. A long heap was a sofa, and a smaller heap a chair, while a round, flat heap was a table.
King, Gladys, and Dorothy were one family, while Dick, Marjorie, and Kitty were the other.
Rosy Posy was supposed to be an orphan child, who lived with one family or the other in turn, as suited her somewhat fickle fancy.
In each family the children represented father, mother, and daughter, and they were pleasantly neighborly, or at odds with each other, as occasion required.
To-day the spirit of adventure was strong in Marjorie, and she decreed they should play robbers.
This was always a good game, so they all agreed.
"First, King's family must be robbed," said Midget; "and then, after you catch us, you rob us."
The burglaries were thus amicably planned, and Kingdon and his family, lying on leaf-couches, fell into a deep, but somewhat noisy slumber. Indeed, their snoring was loud enough to frighten away most robbers.
Rosy Posy didn't count in this game, so she was allowed to wander in and out of either house.
When the Kingdon family were very sound asleep, the Dick family crept softly in through the open doors, and endeavored to steal certain valuable silver from the sideboard. This silver was admirably represented by chips and sticks.