"Sister! Sister! Where are you? If you want to help fix the
fishpond, you'll have to come right away."

Sister stuffed the buttons in her pocket and ran home, eager to
see what Louise and Brother had bought.





CHAPTER IV

PARTY PREPARATIONS


When Mother Morrison had suggested a fishpond for the party,
Louise and Grace had protested.

"Oh, Mother!" they cried. "That's so old!"

"But the children like it," said Mother Morrison mildly.

"It's fun," urged Brother. "It's fun to fish over the table and
catch something!"

Sister, too, had asked for the pond, so it was decided to have
one. Louise and Grace might not care for such things at their
birthday parties, but this, as Sister said, was "different."