she; "how it streams down from the spout at the corner of the barn!"

"Yes," said Rollo, "and see that little pond out by the garden gate. How
it is all full of little bubbles! It will be a beautiful pond for me to
sail boats in, when the rain is over. I can make paper-boats and pea
boats!"

"Pea boats?" said Lucy; "what are pea-boats?"

"O! they are beautiful little boats," said he. "Jonas showed me how to
make them. We take a pea-pod, a good large full pea-pod, and shave off
the top from one end to the other, and then take out the peas, and it
makes a beautiful little boat. I wish we had some; I could show you."

"Let us make some when we have done reading, and sail them. Only that
pond will all go away when the rain is over."

"O no," said Rollo, "I will put some ground all around it, and then the
water cannot run away."

"Yes, but it will soak down into the ground."

"Will it?" said Rollo. "Well, we can sail our boats on it a little while
before it is gone."

"But it is so wet," said Lucy, "we cannot go out to get any pea-pods."

"I did not think of that," said Rollo. "Perhaps Jonas could get some for
us, with an umbrella."