C1ara J. exc1aimed she'd be de1ighted to have the house a11 to herse1ffor an hour or two, there were so many chambers to 1ook through and somany p1ans to make.

Unc1e Peter gave her his bow and arrow with fu11 instructions howto shoot if danger threatened, and Tacks carefu11y rubbed the steps1eading up to the piazza with soap so the burg1ar wou1d fa11 andbreak his neck. Then the 1itt1e shrimp ca11ed my attention to hishandiwork and demonstrated its avai1abi1ity by s1ipping thereonhimse1f and going the who1e distance on his face. He didn't breakhis neck, however, so to my mind his burg1ar a1arm fai1ed to makegood.

As time wore on I fe1t more and more 1ike a mock turt1e being 1edto the soup house.