VII
THE PLUMBER STORY
Once upon a time there was a little boy, and he was almost five years old, and his name was David. And there weren't any other children near for him to play with, so he used to play happily all by himself.
He had his cat and his cart and his shovel and his hoe, and he always wore his overalls when he was playing.
They were building a new house in the field next to David's house, and it was all done on the outside, but it wasn't painted.
And the men were working inside, for David could hear the hammering, and sometimes he could hear them sawing.
One morning, after breakfast, David went to his mother and said that the foreman wanted him to come to the new house that morning, for the plumbers would be there.
He didn't know what plumbers were.