“Let us sit down and think about it,” said Mr. Peterkin.
“I have an idea,” said Agamemnon, after a while.
“Let us hear it,” said Mr. Peterkin. “Let each one speak his mind.”
“The turkey,” said Agamemnon, “must be just above the kitchen door. If I had a ladder and an axe, I could cut away the plastering and reach it.”
“That is a great idea,” said Mrs. Peterkin.
“If you think you could do it,” said Mr. Peterkin.
“Would it not be better to have a carpenter?” asked Elizabeth Eliza.
“A carpenter might have a ladder and an axe, and I think we have neither,” said Mrs. Peterkin.
“A carpenter! A carpenter!” exclaimed the rest.
It was decided that Mr. Peterkin, Solomon John, and the little boys should go in search of a carpenter.