The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin - Or, Paddles Down by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
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Just then the other said, "I don't believe I recall your name--I'm very stupid about remembering things." "That's just what I was going to say to you!" exclaimed Sahwah, with a merry laugh. "It's impossible to remember so many new names at once. I think we all ought to be labeled for the first week or so. I'm Sarah Ann Brewster, only they call me Sahwah." "What a queer nickname! It's very interesting. Is it a contraction of Sarah Ann?" "No, it's my Camp Fire name." "Oh, are you a Camp Fire girl?" "Yes." "How splendid! I've always wished I could be one. What does the name mean?" "Sunfish!" replied Sahwah. "The sun part means that I like sunshine and the fish part means that I like the water." "Oh-h!" replied the other with an interested face. Then she began to introduce herself. "I haven't any nice symbolic name like yours," she said, "but mine is sort of queer, too." "What is it?" asked Sahwah. |
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