“But I don’t understand the contest part,” said Patty; “what do we do?”
“Why, Caddy has written four lines of a Limerick,” explained Peter. “I’ll read those,—you may jot them down if you like. Then, each tries to write a fifth line, and whichever is judged the best gets the prize.”
“Who’s the judge?”
“Well, I’ll appoint Mrs. Fairfield and Mrs. Snippy to judge the efforts. Now, listen; here are the first four lines:
“‘There was a young tourist from home,
Who Baedekered all over Rome.
Said a lady, “My dear,
Do you like the things here?”’
Now, you see you must each make a fifth line.”
“Oh, that’s easy,” said Milly, who was a born rhymer.