CHAPTER ELEVEN

EXPERIMENTS

"The first of June! The Kings are off to the seashore tomorrow, and I'm free. Three months' vacation--how I shall enjoy it!" exclaimed Meg, coming home one warm day to find Jo laid upon the sofa in an unusual state of exhaustion, while Beth took off her dusty boots, and Amy made lemonade for the refreshment of the whole party.

"Aunt March went today, for which, oh, be joyful!" said Jo. "I was mortally afraid she'd ask me to go with her. If she had, I should have felt as if I ought to do it, but Plumfield is about as gay as a churchyard, you know, and I'd rather be excused. We had a flurry getting the old lady off, and I had a fright every time she spoke to me, for I was in such a hurry to be through that I was uncommonly helpful and sweet, and feared she'd find it impossible to part from me. I quaked till she was fairly in the carriage, and had a final fright, for as it drove of, she popped out her head, saying, 'Josyphine, won't you--?' I didn't hear any more, for I basely turned and fled. I did actually run, and whisked round the corner where I felt safe."

"Poor old Jo! She came in looking as if bears were after her," said Beth, as she cuddled her sister's feet with a motherly air.

"Aunt March is a regular samphire, is she not?" observed Amy, tasting her mixture critically.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. When will the Kings depart?
2. what date?
3. Is Meg happy about it?
4. Who was home when she arrived?
5. Did Jo greet her at the door?
6. what was she doing?
7. Was Beth making lemonade?
8. who did?
9. What was Beth doing?
10. were they clean?
11. Why was Amy making lemonade?
12. What was Jo afraid of?
13. to where?
14. why didn't she want to go?
15. What did Beth say Jo looked like?
16. Are Jo and beth cousins?
17. are they related?
18. how?
19. what did she do to Jo's feet?
20. with what?
1. tomorrow
2. "The first of June
3. yes
4. Jo, Beth and Amy
5. no
6. laying upon the sofa
7. no
8. Amy
9. taking her boots off
10. no
11. for the refreshment of the whole party
12. that Aunt March would ask her to go with her
13. Plumfield
14. because she says it's as gay as a churchyard
15. as if bears were after her,
16. no
17. yes
18. they're sisters
19. cuddled them
20. a motherly air