They got the dictionary and hunted till they found it.
“Ah, ‘accept’—that’s it!” cried Mollie.
“Anyhow, I was pretty near it,” said Willie, well pleased.
“Now, write it out to-night, and to-morrow Eva can paint it.”
“Oh, dear! I wish to-morrow morning was here,” said Doris, who hated waiting.
So to-morrow morning Eva rose bright and early and painted a spray of very bright green leaves and very bright red berries on the card, and called them to put their names on it. Willie came first, because he was in a hurry to have a ride round the paddock before school time. He hurriedly seized a pen and ducked it into the ink.
“Let’s sign, and get away,” he said, importantly.
“Oh, do be careful!” said Eva.
“Careful? Who’s not careful, I’d like to know,” he answered, and just then a great big blot of ink splashed on the page.
“Oh, look what you’ve done!” cried Eva, almost in tears.