“You’re no poet, and we all know it,” hummed Aurora.
“I dare you girls to go as far as the village!” cried Dorothy.
“How about the boys?” Gerald wanted to know.
“They are included in the dare, of course.”
“Well, I’ll have to take the dare,” said Molly. “That village is too far for me to-day.”
“Why, it’s only a short way down the valley,” Dorothy protested.
“It’s several miles, at least,” said Jim.
“Oh, come!”
“Why, yes; distances are very deceptive in this part of the country.”
Dorothy could not be convinced, so the others decided to keep on until the girl realized that she had misjudged the distance, and asked to turn back.