“I never thought of that; let’s go then.”
“I must ask father first; perhaps he wants me to help him; you go ask him.”
John ran to the woods where Ben was at work, and soon came back with liberty for them to play.
“Let’s have some fun here with this water; it’s real warm and pleasant here in the sun, and we can do lots of things.”
“What shall we do?”
“Let’s make water-works, as they do in England. They carry the water miles and miles.”
“What do they carry it in?”
“Lead and iron pipes, and hollow logs; and they have fountains that send the water up in the air, ever so high.”
“Let us see how far we can carry water, Charlie.”
They had not the least trouble in procuring pipe, as there were cart-loads of kelps on the beach. They went to the heap and drew out the longest and largest stalks they could find, and putting the small end of one into the large end of the other; then made the joints tight with clay, and put them under ground, and covered them up. They did not give up till they carried the water the whole length of the beach into the bay, and then invited Sally to come out and see it.