CHAPTER VII
MISTER ROBERT ROBIN AND HIS FAMILY TAKE A VACATION
In the country where Robert Robin lived there were a great many lakes and streams. The streams ran down through the valleys, and emptied into the lakes, and the waters from the lakes emptied into larger streams which flowed into a great lake which looked as large as the sea.
Mister Robert Robin thought that the big lake was the sea, and all the other robins in his part of the country thought the same thing, so it was to the shore of the great lake that Robert Robin and his family went for their vacation.
The children were delighted with the trip across the country. It was great fun to fly from one woods to another, and then look around to see what new things could be found. No one was in a hurry to get anywhere.
“We have all the time there is!” said Mrs. Robin.
“Let us not be in a hurry!” said Robert Robin. “When one is taking a vacation he should never be in a hurry to get where he is going!”
“Much haste, less speed!” said Mrs. Robin. “Children, get your father to sing you his Wait-a-bit song!”