Mary, please go to the door. I hear the bell.
It's the mailman, Mother. Here's a letter from Uncle George.
Give it to me. . . How wonderful! He's coming to visit us.
When's he coming?
He's coming by car on the twenty-fourth. He's staying from thetwenty-fourth to the twenty-sixth.
Let me look at the calendar. Good! The twenty-fourth is a Saturday. Is he coming alone?
No, he's coming with Aunt Cynthia and the girls.
Mother, I don't remember the girls. How old are they?
Your cousin Fay is fifteen. Rosemary is older than Fay. She's seventeen.
Are they going to stay here with us?
Of course. The girls can stay in your room with you.
Mother, may we have a party?
If you like, but now we have to think about meals and many other things.
Prepare the list, Mother. I can go shopping. I can go to the small stores. Everyone knows me there.