CHAPTER XVr I 

 A New Idea 



" r wish I could see a movie," remarked Henry 

 one evening after supper as the twilight shadows 

 were deepening. "We have shelter, and clothes, 

 and food, for which we have worked hard; but we 

 need entertainment, such as friends and books and 

 music and the movies would give us." 



"I'd like to see a movie, too," said Edna, "but 

 not in these clothes. If I only had a good novel to 

 read, I think I'd be perfectly happy." 



"Didn't Shakespeare say something about 'books 

 in the running brooks' and 'sermons in stones'?" 

 interrupted William. "I always had a lot of tun 

 roaming through the woods and fields when I had 

 any spare time. We have woods and fields here 

 and also a brook and the ocean." 



"I believe you were cut out tor a naturalist," 

 said Henry. " I used to enjoy looking at the an- 

 imals and plants in Bronx Park and the collections 

 in the Museum of Natural History, but I never 

 seemed to have time to get out into the wild woods 

 much." 



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