I02 Three Young Crusoe s 



"Suppose we make a bargain," said William. 

 "You tell me all you can remember about the col- 

 lections in New York and I will be your guide in 

 the woods." 



"That leaves me out," said Edna. "Can't you 

 bring some things in tor me to see and tell me about 

 them.^" 



"Certainly," answered Henry," and that gives 

 me an idea. Why not make a museum here? It 

 would be lots of fun and would give us just the en- 

 tertainment and the object in life that we need.'' 



"How about a zoo?" said William, warming to 

 the idea. "I could trap the animals and we could 

 keep them in cages. Edna could feed the birds and 

 train them to sing." 



"And I could have beds of wild flowers and a fern- 

 ery," said Edna. "Snowball could carry water for 

 them and the monkey could pull the weeds!" 



"Farewell, flowers!" exclaimed Henry and Will- 

 iam in chorus. 



Long after she went to her room, Edna heard the 

 two boys talking excitedly about their new plan, 

 and they must have followed it up in their dreams, 

 because it was the first thing she heard next morn- 

 ing. They had designs on the sitting-room and the 

 hall and every other available space and were even 

 talking about putting up a museum building! 



