"You must eat it," said Mrs. Pepper, firmly.
"See, Phronsie, mine's going fast," cried Polly, with another bite that rapidly diminished her slice. "Oh, you can't think how soon it will be gone, if you begin to eat." And Polly munched away determinedly, but she kept looking at the cake. Ben came in, and slid into his chair, and took a piece of bread.
"Why don't those boys--" began Polly. "Oh, I forgot, Mamsie," with a little laugh, and the door opened, and in burst Joel and David with very red faces, and talking at once.
"Oh, it's comin'!"
"Over at Hillsbury--"
"Horses and--"
"Monkeys--"
"And a big elephant and--"
"A band--" this from Joel, who screamed it above Davie's faint treble.
"And a bear, and a hippi--hoppi--"