“I think so, but I am not sure,” Hanny replied. “It will depend upon my stand.”
“A flower stand?” asked Jane.
“Yes, my uncle is letting me have one at the roadside. I will sell bouquets of tulips mostly.”
“I’d like to do that myself,” Jane declared. “Maybe the Brownies will have a stand at Mrs. Langley’s garden show.”
“Everything’s so mixed up, we don’t know what we’re supposed to do,” Vevi added with a laugh. “We promised Mrs. Langley we would help her with the regular show. Then Mr. Piff came along and talked her into working with him for a bigger festival.”
“In my country we call a festival a kermis,” Hanny said. “You should bake ellekoek and sell them!”
“What is that?” asked Jane suspiciously.
“Thin cakes in long, narrow ribbons,” Hanny explained with a chuckle. “One sells them by the yard. In my country, the children buy them at the kermis or festival. A child takes each end of the cake. They eat toward each other and kiss at the last bite!”
“How silly!” exclaimed Jane. “I wouldn’t like that.”
“I’d rather sell flowers,” declared Vevi. “Either tulips or tussie-mussie bouquets.”