"Oh, how nice!" cried Janet. "Let me try it, Teddy."
"Wait till I see if it's strong enough."
He swung back and forward several more times and then let his sister
try it. She, too, swayed to and fro in the grapevine swing, which was
in a shady place in the woods. Then Trouble, who had seen what was
going on, cried:
"I want to swing, too! I want to swing!"
"I'll take you on my lap," offered Janet, and this she did.
"I'll push you," offered Teddy, and he gave his sister and his baby
brother a long push in the grapevine swing.
But, just as they were going nicely and Trouble was laughing in
delight, there was a sudden cracking sound and Janet cried:
"Oh, I'm falling! I'm falling! The swing is coming down!"
And that is just what happened.
CHAPTER XI
TROUBLE MAKES A CAKE
With a crackle and a snap the grapevine swing sagged down on one side.
Janet tried to hold Trouble in her arms, but he slipped from her lap,
just as she slipped off the piece of carpet which Ted had folded for
the seat of the swing. Then Janet toppled down as the vine broke, and
she and her little brother came together in a heap on the ground.
"Oh!" exclaimed Ted. "Are you hurt?"
Neither Jan nor Trouble answered him for a moment. Then Baby William
began to cry. Jan lay still on the ground for a second or two, and
then she jumped up with a laugh.
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