"Well, to be sure!" exclaimed Mary Frances. "Here, wait—these eggs will be ready in a minute!"
"Tuck the napkin in carefully, please," said Basket. "I won't spill them out. Anything else?"
"No," said Mary Frances. "Aunt Maria said I could bring just one thing—and to surprise everybody; so I have not told anyone what I am going to bring. I wonder if——"
But her thought was cut short by Coffee Pot's crying excitedly: "I want to go! I want to go! I—want—to—go! go! go! go! I want to go—go—go—go!—go—go!"
"Oh, you can't go!" said Sauce Pan. "Why—you!—you'd—you—you'd——"
"That will do," said Mary Frances. "I'll take you, Coffee Pot. Maybe Aunt Maria's little coffee pot won't be large enough for all of the picnic. Eleanor and Bob are going with us!"
Coffee Pot looked tri-umph-ant-ly at Sauce Pan, but seemed too happy to say anything.