"Oh, yes, lots of places," he answered. "There are some cute little islands in the bay, and we'll go camping on one some day."
"That will be lovely!" exclaimed Rose.
Laddie was so interested in watching the water slip along at the side of the swift motor boat that he forgot about his riddle, though Vi did not forget to ask questions, and finally her mother said:
"Here, take that!"
The "that" was a molasses cookie, and in munching it Vi forgot about the questions for a time. Or rather, her mouth was too full to ask any.
The merry party went ashore after about an hour's ride, the captain steering the boat into a little cove, and back from the sandy shore a little way was a clump of trees.
"Are we going to eat our lunch in there?" asked Rose.
"Yes," her mother answered, and soon they had spread out their picnic lunch.
"We'll have a picnic like this on an island some day," promised Captain Ben.
"And shall we have more to eat?" asked Russ.