'Yes, the spider did sit beside her.'
'But a spider isn't a people,' said April, looking puzzled.
'Yes she is,' said June.
'No she isn't,' said April, and then added, as though this truth had just dawned on her, 'she's an animal, and animals aren't people, they've got too many legs.'
'Oh that doesn't matter,' said June, airily.
'Oh yes it does,' said April; 'and there never isn't one people only, but always two—' and then she stopped, and looked worried.
'But if one of those peoples did go away? Then?' asked June; at which April looked more worried than ever.
Now this mother wasn't much good at explaining grammar, and was sure that even if she tried, the babies would only be more puzzled than before, so she proposed that instead of arguing they should come to the piano and learn the tunes she had written.
