H.—I wonder whether they are really sugar plums?
P.—I'll tell you what. Let's lick the outside of one and see if it's sweet.
H.—(Licks it.) Yes, they are sugar plums.
P.—(Licking one.) Are you quite sure?
H.—Yes, I think so. I'll just lick it again to be quite certain. Oh yes, they are sugar plums, there's not a doubt. (They put them into the box.)
P.—I think it's rather horrid to put them back into the box again after we have licked them.
H.—I think it is. Let us take out the ones we licked, and eat them. That will be cleaner, won't it?
P.—But they are all mixed! I don't know which they are now!
H.—Oh, you are a stupid girl! Well, we must eat all that are in the box, there is no help for it.
P.—I really think that would be the safest plan.