"Maple sugar," cried Beth, who knew that, if she knew anything.
"So, when they went home, they tapped a tree in the front yard, and invited a party to come and eat maple sugar; but they tapped the wrong tree, and their father was vexed, saying, 'I ought to take a —— to ----'"
But mother had to tell them these words for they had never heard of birch, or of yew. "'I wonder if you will be ——'"
"Evergreen," said Ethelwyn, after a little prompting.
"'All your life.' 'I thought,' said one, 'that maple sugar parties were very ——'"
"'Pop'lar? (mother had to tell them this also), 'at this time of year.'"
"—— laughed their father."
"Haw, haw," said Ethelwyn, who had been thinking of the tree under which they played at home.
"'I'll have to take you to the seashore to play on the ——'"
"Beech," said Beth in triumph.