"Let's tell Aunt Sue about it," said Bob.
Aunt Sue was much pleased with the plan. She thought the effort to conduct the little business would give them business habits and tact. She made suggestions that helped them greatly.
"You won't need much money to start with," she said. "Look over your closets and boxes, and see what you have already that you would like to dispose of. You have a good many toys and other things that you will never use again, and you might sell them for something. Call your shop a new and second-hand store, and that will make it all fair. What kind of a stock were you thinking of keeping?"
"Oh, almost anything. Like a country store, you know. Marbles, and tops, and slate-pencils, and—"
"And chewing-gum," suggested Bob. "The boys and girls buy more of that than of anything else lately."
"I wouldn't keep it if I were you," said Aunt Sue. "It's a bad habit to use it, and you want to establish your business on good principles. I hope you'll keep bird-seed, though. You could count on me as a customer."
"Well, we will, and we'll give up the chewing-gum. But, Aunt Sue," and Bob assumed his most persuasive tones, "I'll tell you one thing we could sell like wild-fire, and it would not cost us anything, either."
"What?" asked Aunt Sue, smiling, but mentally bracing herself for opposition.
"Cookies."