"Oh, look at mine blaze!" suddenly cried Laddie.
"Take it away from the fire, and blow out the blaze!" Captain Ben called. "Burned candies aren't good to eat."
Laddie tried to do as he was told, but he got so excited that his father had to blow for him. After that Laddie was more careful. Mother helped Mun Bun and Margy to roast their marshmallows, and soon they were all eating the dainties, seated on flat pieces of driftwood gathered along the beach.
The moon rose out of the sea, as it appeared, and the view was a beautiful one. Then Rose started a song, and they all joined in the chorus, while Russ whistled—but first, he had to swallow a marshmallow he was chewing.
"Oh, I just love it here," said Rose, when the song was finished.
"Yes, Captain Ben was very good to ask us to his seashore bungalow," said Daddy Bunker.
"Oh, I'm having just as much fun out of it as you folks!" declared the marine. "I wanted a jolly crowd here with me to help me forget about the war."
They sang more songs, Captain Ben told some funny stories, Laddie asked one or two riddles, and I am afraid to say just how many questions Vi asked, but it was a large number. Finally Mother Bunker said:
"It's time we went in, I think. Mun Bun and Margy are almost asleep. Come, Mun Bun," she called to the little boy. "Time you were in by-low land."
"Yes, I want to go to bed," murmured Mun Bun, who was really almost asleep. He tried to get up on his feet, off the broad, flat board on which he had been sitting on the sand while the marshmallows were being roasted, but it seemed as though he could not stand up.