The girls shook their heads, and Miss Phillips requested all but Frances to go into her office.
She explained the game to Frances, and told her to go and bring one of the girls into the room. She returned with Lily.
“You want to belong to the Girl Scouts, don’t you, Lily?” asked Miss Phillips, with mock solemnity.
“Yes!”
“Then will you promise to do as I do, but to say just what I tell you to say?”
“I promise.”
Miss Phillips took three jumps. “Say ‘Boots,’ without shoes!”
Lily imitated the action, and repeated, “Boots, without shoes!”
“But that isn’t right!” protested Miss Phillips. “We’ll try over again.”
She gave her increasingly difficult gymnastic feats to perform, ending each with the same command of “Say ‘Boots,’ without shoes!”