"Oh, yes, very glad," answered Laddie. "Only I was trying to think up a riddle about it and I can't. But I have one about why is the ocean like a garden?"
"'Tisn't like a garden," declared Russ. "It's all water, the ocean is."
"It's like a garden in my riddle," insisted Laddie.
"Why?" his mother asked.
"The ocean is like a garden 'cause it's full of seaweed," answered Laddie.
"I don't think that's a very good riddle," remarked Russ.
"It wouldn't be a very good garden that had weeds in it," said Mr. Bunker with a laugh. "Anyhow we ought to be happy because Rose has her locket back."
And they all were, I'm sure.
"What makes gold so bright?" asked Vi, as she saw the locket sparkling in the sun.
"Because it is polished," her mother answered.