Bootsey's Picnic

By the time they reached the bottom of the hill the sun was very warm indeed. The picnic basket was beginning to be rather heavy, too. So. . . they decided to set it down and rest awhile. Then Bobby Jo saw the strawberries. "Look Bootsey! Trawberries! Millions of 'em!" She laughed. And as quick as anything, she picked three fat berries and popped them into her mouth one after the other.

	"And violets, too! O wonderful!" Bootsey shouted. "Aunt Holly said they were all gone for this year, but here they are!" Then Bootsey began giving orders, as she dropped to her knees in the flower bed. "Bobby Jo, you and Wendell pick some more strawberries for our lunch. Isaac, you wait here. I'll pick some of these violets to show Auntie." And away she crawled, gathering up the very biggest and best violets in the bed.