“Very well,” said Lorraine, “I’ll begin with Ruth. Does It belong to the animal, vegetable, or mineral kingdom?”
“Animal,” answered Ruth.
“How large is It?” asked Lorraine of Gertrude Lyons, who sat next to Ruth.
“Which way?” said Gertrude, laughing.
“Well, how long is It?”
“About two yards,” replied Gertrude, mentally measuring the tall boy who sat on her right.
“What colour is It?” asked Lorraine next.
“Green,” responded Dick Martin, with a side-long glance at the frock of the girl next to him.
“Is It all green?”
“No,” said the girl in green, “it is mostly black.” This of course was true, as her right-hand neighbour was a boy in black clothes.