“Is the person in this room?”
“Yes.”
“Is It a boy or girl?”
“A boy.”
“What colour hair has It?”
“Flaxen,” was the answer, as the boy she asked was seated next to a yellow-haired girl.
But Lorraine, having been told it was a boy, looked around the room for a flaxen-haired boy. There was only one present, so she announced triumphantly: “Then It is Ed Fisher!”
Again they told her she was wrong, and the burst of laughter at her bewilderment would have greatly offended Lorraine had it not been for her determination to keep her temper.
“I’m glad you told me that you’re all telling the truth,” she said, “for I’m sure your stories don’t agree. You said it was a boy, and had flaxen hair, and Ed Fisher is the only one here with yellow hair.”
“Go on with your questions,” said Patty.