In the Woods.
III.
When the party reached the picnic ground, Josephine had more wants than ever. She called upon this one to bring her a mug of water, and upon that one to get her a doughnut; upon one to hold her shawl while she arranged her dress, and another to take off her rubbers.
If she had been a queen, and all the rest of the children her servants, she could not have been more free in her use of them. Before they had been in the woods a single hour, almost all her companions disliked her greatly, and tried to avoid her.
She was selfish, and wanted to use the swing all the time. When she had swung four times as long as any of the rest of the party, she thought it was “very rude” of them when they said she must get out, for they would not swing her another time.
After dinner, some of the girls said they were going to get some oak leaves to make chaplets for their heads.
“Where are you going?” asked Josephine.
“O, into the woods, ever so far,” replied Jenny, who did not want her to go with them.
“I will go, too,” said Josephine.