“And to see a woodpecker,” said Lucy.
“Yes, very likely,” said Miss Anne.
CONVERSATION XII.
LUCY’S SCHOLAR.
After this, Lucy often “played boat” for amusement. She built her boat of chairs and crickets, and had the hearth brush for a paddle.
One evening, just after tea, when she was playing in this way, in the parlor, Royal looking on, she said to Miss Anne,
“I wish we had a real boat.”
“A real boat,” said Miss Anne, “would do no good, unless you had a place to sail it in.”
“Couldn’t we sail it in our brook?” asked Lucy.