"Let it stand a minute. Then we will see if the candy is hard enough to pull. After that you may eat it."
This was just what the children wished to do. They were glad because mother had to try the candy again.
At last, it was poured into cake tins. It was set out of doors to cool. There was a big tin for mother, a little tin for Polly, and a little tin for Peter.
Peter and Polly could hardly wait for the candy to cool. They were in such a hurry to begin pulling it. Polly stuck her finger into hers before it was ready. It almost burned her.
A few minutes after this, mother said, "Yours is cool enough now. Mine is not. Wash your hands again. Then you may begin."
What a sticky time there was!
Polly pulled her piece over and over quite well. Soon it began to grow light colored. When it stuck to her hands, she ran out of doors. This cooled the candy.
But Peter could not pull so fast. His piece stuck to both hands. It got between his fingers. Mother scraped it off and he began again.
At last, he dropped part of it on the floor. Mother said, "Let it alone, Peter. I will scrape it up. It is not good to put with yours now."