PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
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[Illustration: Children looking out a window.]
"The sun's gone under a cloud," called Grandpa cheerily over his shoulder, as he came into the dining room.
Grandma, following close behind, answered laughingly, "Why, my dear, this is the brightest day we've had for two weeks!"
"But look at Don's face," said Grandpa soberly, "and Joyce's too, for that matter"--glancing from one to the other.
"Children, children," said Grandma kindly, "do tell us what is wrong."
"Only," said Daddy at last, "that they are thinking about next summer."
Grandpa threw back his white head, then, and laughed his loud, hearty laugh. "You little trouble-borrowers," he cried, "worrying about next summer! Why, only day before yesterday was Christmas; and by the looks of the dolls, and trains, and picture-books lying all over the house--"
"But, Grandpa," said Don in a small voice, trying not to cry, "summer will be here before we know it--you said so this morning yourself; and Daddy says he's going north on a fishing trip--"
Arthur Conan Doyle
