"Do you think it will be safe?" asked Mrs. Bunker of her husband.
"Well, I'll go down there and have a look," he said. "If we are to stay here for a month or so the children will have to get used to playing near the water. If it's safe we'll feel we won't have to be with them all the while."
"I think it will be safe if they keep near the shore out on the little point of land that extends into the lake," said Grandma Bell. "There is a sandy beach there, and the water is not deep. Let the children play there. You can see them from the house; so, if we look out every now and then, we'll be sure they are all right."
"Very well," said Daddy Bunker. "We'll first have a look at the lake."
"Oh, goody!" cried Russ.
"Now we can have a lot of fun and sail boats!" added Laddie. "We can have a whole lot of fun."
"I'll take my doll down and give her a bath," said Rose.
"Oh, won't water spoil your doll, my dear?" asked Grandma Bell.
"I don't mean my big one, that the lady took for her baby," explained the little girl. "I mean my small rubber doll."
"Oh! Well, I guess it will be all right to bathe her in the lake," said Grandma Bell with a laugh.