Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-10
so THEY MADE COOKIES

The grownup neighbor, sitting up- stairs in the sewing room; smiled to herself as the screen at the front door opened and then shut with a bang. There was a sound of feet dancing across the floor in the direction Of the kitchen, after which there was silence for a few minutes. then a sound as if the footsteps were return ing to the front of the house, a scrambHng noise as though some one were coming up the stairs with some difficulty and presently the small neighbor tiptoed so1emnly into the sewing room.
 Hello. there" said the grownup neighbor, cheerily. DO you know. l thought I heard somebody downstairs 8 minute ago and I was just begin ming to think I'd have to go down and see whether it was the iceman, may be, or the grocery man, or the meat man or the fruit man or some other kind of a man.
 And it was just me-" giggled the small neighbor, and not any man at all! I fooled you, didn't r."
 "You did, indeed" the grownup neighbor assured her. Come and sit here by me-" she urged.
 The small neighbor clambered up on the chair, carefully balancing a arms.
 T brought something to show you" :" she said, and went down into the kitchen first because it's really kitchen tlling. and I thought maybe you'd be down there making maybe cookies or pies or little buildings"
 The grownup neighbor bit off piece of thread.
 Well, you see had other work to do," she explained, 'and, I thought that as most of my family would be Q f0 if IU0u16nt ha sary for me to do much cooking to- day"
 '.No, I don't suppose not" said the small neighbor with another little sigh, ''only I thought you most gen orally always did cook on Saturday morning."
 T almost always do," admitted the grownup neighbor, but this morning I thought I'd better mend the cur tains. You see, they had terrible holes
 The Small neighbor considered this for a moment.
 'I don't mind holes in curtains my self" she said at length. But of course I know some people do. My mother does," she added, with a pal pablo effort to be perfectly honest.
 Its a way we housekeepers have" said the grownup neighbor. By the me what's in the box you're carry ing"
 T pretty near forgot" said the small neighhor; and besides, I don't know that there's really much use in showing it to you. It isn't so very much to look at. It's cute and it's kind of a toy, but it's really meant to use, don't you know?"
 She removed the lid from the box and carefully took out several small objects, which she handed to the grownup nelghbor.
 Why, bless us" cried the grownup neighbor examining one of the arti- cles with great interest, its a little rolling pin"
 Yes, isn't it?' the small neighbor calculated. And here's the little dish to mix things up in and here's the little spoon to measure things in and the little piepan to cook the pie in if you maybe make a pie--''
 And you could use the box they came in for a cake box, couldn't you? chinned in the erownup neigh bor. ''Why, I declare! You have everything all ready so that you could really cook things, couldn't you?" haven't got!" the small neighbor ex- claimed gayly, warming up to the subject. See, there are two little pans and I could bake bread or bis cults or cookies" Her face fell "T thought maybe my mother would make some cookies this morning, but she decided that she'd buy some instead. She's just got to have a rest sometimes, she says. I suppose you've got to have a rest sometimes, too, haven't you? Is that why you didn't do any baking this morning" Do you get more rested sewing than you do coCking?"
 The grownup neighbor leaned over