however, made a sign of disgust at his fat, and Elizabeth Eliza at
her lean, and so on, and they presently discovered what was the
difficulty.

"What shall be done now?" said Mrs. Peterkin.

They all sat and thought for a little while.

At last said Mrs. Peterkin, rather uncertainly, "Suppose we ask the
lady from Philadelphia what is best to be done."

But Mr. Peterkin said he didn't like to go to her for everything; let
the children try and eat their dinner as it was.

And they all tried, but they couldn't. "Very well, then." said Mr.
Peterkin, "let them go and ask the lady from Philadelphia."

"All of us?" cried one of the little boys, in the excitement of the
moment.

"Yes," said Mrs. Peterkin, "only put on your india-rubber boots."
And they hurried out of the house.

The lady from Philadelphia was just going in to her dinner; but she
kindly stopped in the entry to hear what the trouble was.
Agamemnon and Elizabeth Eliza told her all the difficulty, and the
lady from Philadelphia said, "But why don't you give the slices of
fat to those who like the fat, and the slices of lean to those who
like the lean?"