"Oh, yes!" cried Sue. "And maybe we'll find some more nests. But I don't want to slide in any if we do find some," she said. "I don't want to get this dress dirty."
The children had great fun sliding down the hay-hill, but they found no more eggs. They played at this for some time, and then Charlie Star called:
"Let's go out and climb trees!"
"Girls can't climb trees," objected Sadie.
"Some girls can," answered Charlie. "I have a girl cousin, and she can climb a tree as good as I can. But she lives in the country," he went on.
"Oh, of course if a girl lives in the country she can climb a tree,"
Helen Newton said "But we live in a town. I don't want to climb trees."
"I like it," said Bunny Brown. "I'm glad I know how to climb a tree, 'cause if a dog chased after me I could climb up, and he couldn't get me. Dogs can't climb trees."
"Cats can," said Sadie. "I saw our cat climb a tree once."
"But cats don't chase after you," remarked Charlie.
"Our cat chased a mouse once," observed Sue. "Can a mouse climb a tree,
Bunny?"