"We'll tell her when we come back."
Of course this was not just the right thing to do, especially after
Ted and his sister had been told not to go to the cave alone. But they
forgot all about that when Hal spoke about gold being in the blue
stones. Ted and Jan thought it would be wonderful if they could get
some gold for their mother and grandfather, who was not as rich as he
had been, even if he did sell a lot of cherries.
"We can't take Trouble along," said Jan, as she saw her little brother
coming out of the tent. "We've got to leave him here."
"Yes," agreed Hal. "But we don't need to go right away. We can play
with him awhile. You and Ted take care of Trouble and I'll go to get
my flashlight. I put it under my pillow last night."
"And I'll get something to eat from Nora," added Ted. "We'll make-
believe we're going on a little picnic in the woods."
"Oh, that'll be fun!" cried Jan. She was not afraid to think of the
dark cave now.
"Trouble want p'ayhouse!" cried Baby William, as he toddled up to his
sister. "Want b'ue stones."
"I can't get you the blue stones--not now," said Janet. "But I guess
Teddy will let you knock down his playhouse and build up another one.
And you can knock down my playhouse, too. Come on, Trouble!"
Knocking over the playhouses of stone which his brother and sister had
built the night before seemed such great fun to the little boy, and he
had such a good time doing this and, with Jan's help, making another
and larger house of his own, that he forgot all about his blue stones.
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