“Oh, yes, let’s try!” they cried in chorus.
Then the four of them set to work with little dishes, and scooped up sand and washed and strained the water off, and looked very important, indeed.
“We’ll ex—ex—periment,” said Willie.
“Yes, we’ll ’speriment,” said Doris.
“Periment,” said Baby, as she swung an old tin pint wildly in the air.
They worked patiently for an hour, without results, and then Doris shouted out that she had found some.
“Where, Doris, where?”
“Look at this—it’s a lot shinier than the other.”
“I believe it is,” said Willie.
“I believe it is,” echoed Eva.