All had tried in vain to solve it.
Jul said it was "misdeed." Everybody cries when Miss Hanenwinkel comes to make them work; and at the deeds, she makes them do some cry. And when a misdeed is perpetrated, many denials result, especially when the twins are the criminals, in which case, tears are always the end.
But Hun joyfully hopped about, crying, "You are wrong, you are wrong, Jul!"
Miss Hanenwinkel said, "It is music lesson. Music makes everybody cry. In the lesson, many cry and many denials have to be made during the lessons."
"Wrong, wrong," cried the small boy, delighted.
"It is schoolroom," asserted Rolf.
"Aha, Rolf, you guessed wrong," Hun cried triumphantly.
"Couldn't it be bedtime?" said the mother. "All children cry in bed some time or other, some cry when the time comes, and all deny bedtime has come."
"Mamma can't guess it, either; mamma doesn't know," jubilated the little fellow, leaping about.
"It might be leave-taking," said the father. "Leave-taking makes everybody cry, taking some children away makes some cry and at Dora's leave-taking, everybody is sorry."