The Roly-Polys finished breakfast. Then they washed the dishes and fed the cat and made the house look as neat as a pin.
Grandpa said, “It is so warm that you do not need your caps, and I am going to buy you new ones, anyway.”
So they went down the road together.
They passed some children going to a picnic, and Humpty Dumpty set up a cry and a scream and a howl.
“What’s the matter?” asked Grandpa.
“What’s the matter?” asked the twins.
“Do you wish to go to the picnic?” asked Freddie.
“Did you lose your penny?” asked Teddie.
But Humpty Dumpty shook his head and cried.