One day Mrs. Smith and her daughter, Ellen, went visiting a family. There were six children. Ellen felt that she was going to have a very good day.
The twins, Paul and Pauline, were Ellen's age, seven years old. Bob and Ann were older. There was the little daughter, Ruth, who was six, and the baby, who was just crawling around on the floor.
Ellen ran and jumped and rolled a hoop with the children. Paul took some fishing rods, and they all went down to the brook to fish. Bob and Paul taught Ellen how to fish. It was fun, but Ellen didn's catch any fish. Her clothes were wet, but it wasn's Ellen's fault because children all get splashed when they fish.
The five children went back to the house, but they paused to rest several times.
It was soon time to go home, so Mrs. Smith put a shawl around Ellen. She had had such a wonderful time with so many children!
