"
"Yes, let's!" and Mona brightened up. "Let's go on a picnic!"
"I hate picnics," said Daisy; "they're no fun. Let's motor over to
Lakeville."
"I hate Lakeville," said Patty. "Let's have a dress-up party of
some kind."
"We can't get up a fancy dress party in a few hours," objected
Adele Kenerley. "Let's have a contest of some sort,--with prizes.
Tennis,--or basket ball."
"Oh, it's too warm for those things," said Laurence Cromer. "Let's
do something quieter. I'll tell you what,--let's play Human
Parcheesi! Just the thing."
"What IS Human Parcheesi?" asked Patty, interested at once.
"Oh, it's a new game," explained Cromer; "in fact, I just made it
up this instant."
"How do you play it?" asked Mona.
"I don't quite know myself yet. I haven't finished making it up.
Anyway, you have to have more people. Let me see, we have seven
here. Can you get some more, Mona? We won't play till after
luncheon. It will take the rest of the morning for me to finish
making up the game. We'll play on the west lawn. Oh, it's going to
be lovely! I want four billion yards of red ribbon and cosy
decorations and a lot of things! Skip to the telephone, Mona, and
invite enough people to make twenty of us all together.
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