But neither Peggy nor Alice could think of a single State beginning with A.
“There are three,” said Diana. “You can look them up on the map and find them.” She brought out an atlas and turned to a map of the United States.
Alice and Peggy pored over the map eagerly.
“I’ve found one,” said Peggy, “it’s Arizona.”
“Here is Alabama,” said Alice.
“Here, is another one, Arkansas,” said Peggy. “Now for the B’s.”
“There aren’t any B’s,” said Diana.
Tom and Christopher came in just then, and Peggy and Alice listened as the others played the game. Once in a while Peggy thought of a State beginning with the right letter, but, as a rule, she thought of the wrong States. Massachusetts would pop into her head when Uncle Joe was asking for I’s, and South Carolina when he wanted the K’s. It was quite discouraging, for the other children had played the game so much.
“This is only the first part of the game,” said Diana. “Uncle Joe has had us each trace a map of the United States, and then we play we have to live in one of the States that begins with the same letter our first name begins with; then we put the tracing over white cardboard and cut out our State, and we can paint it any color we like. We are going to put in the rivers and big towns by and by. I can’t live in any State but Delaware,” she said regretfully.
“There is only Pennsylvania for me to live in,” said Peggy.