Third Day
"To-day it is the little ones' turn," said Aunt Jane the next morning. "What nice things can we contrive for them to do?" "Something easy, please," said Mabel, who was a timid little thing, and hadn't much confidence in herself. "Something nice," said Jessie, who was a year older and twice as ambitious. "Just as good as what the big girls make." (The big girls, by the way, were of the venerable ages of eleven and twelve.) "Something that my mamma chooses," said Amy, "and then it will be sure to be good." " I shall try to please you all," said Aunt Jane, patting her little daughter's soft cheek. "Amy can make some Daisy cake for tea, Jessie shall try her hand at a cherrypudding for dinner, and Mabel may undertake the sauce. Now you may write down the recipes."