"Part of it," answered Nora. "How would you like some cool lemonade--
that is, when you are not so warm," she added quickly, for Teddy had
jumped up on hearing this, and was about to make a rush for the kind
cook. "You must always rest a bit, when you are so warm from running,
walking or playing, before you take a cold drink of anything."
"But have you any lemonade?" asked Janet, for she, too, was tired and
thirsty.
"I'll make some, and you may have it when you are not so heated," went
on the cook. "And I'll get some sweet crackers for you."
"That's nice," said Janet. "Are they the two things you were going to
tell us to do, Nora?" "No, I'll count the lemonade and crackers as
one," went on the cook with a smile. "The other thing I was going to
tell you to do is to take Nicknack and have a ride. That will cool you
off if you go in the shade."
"Oh, so it will!" cried Ted. "We'll do it! And can we take the
lemonade in a bottle, and the crackers in a bag, and put them in the
goat-wagon?"
"Do you mean to give the crackers and lemonade a ride, too?" asked
Mother Martin, who came out of her tent just then.
"No, but we can take them with us, and have a little picnic in the
woods," explained Teddy. "We didn't find any berries, and so we didn't
have any picnic."
"All right, Nora, give them the lemonade and crackers to take with
them," said Mrs.
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