"I saw a jellyfish as big as a cart-wheel!"

"'N Jimmy found seven starfishes!"

"I found eight starfishes!"

"'N I waded out till the water came right up to here!"

"'N I saw a polar bear——"

"Oh, Jimmy, what a story! You've just made that up this minute!"

This last in bell-voiced reproof from Joan. At twenty she still corrected and disputed with them as a rather larger equal.


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