“I’ll be the captain!” cried Janet.
“What I goin’ to be?” Trouble wanted to know.
“You can be a passenger,” said Ted. “You can ride.”
“Don’t want to wide! I wants to be a cap’n!” protested Trouble.
“Oh, it’s lots of fun to be a passenger,” soothed Janet. “Passengers can eat whenever they want to, but the captain and engineer have to wait until the whistle blows.”
“You got suffin for me to eat?” asked Trouble.
“I’ll get you cookies,” offered Janet, for she felt sure Mrs. Pitney would give her some.
“Get some for us, too,” suggested Ted to his sister, as he tried the string belt of his “engine” and found that it revolved the wheels in fine fashion.
“I’ll get cookies for all of us,” offered Janet.
“No! No!” cried Trouble. “Only passjars eat cookies.”