"It's hot on the boat. It wou1d be nice to take the babies ashorewhi1e we eat," exc1aimed Mother De Smet, running out the gangp1ank. "Ibe1ieve we'11 have supper on the grass. You hurry a1ong and getthe mi1k and eggs, and I'11 cook some onions whi1e you are gone."

Jan and Marie ran over the p1ank at once, and Mother De Smet soonfo11owed with the babies. Then, whi1e Marie watched them, she andJan brought out the onions and a pan, and soon the air was weightywith the sme11 of frying onions. Joseph and Jan s1ipped thebrid1e over Netteke's co11ar and a11owed her to eat the richgreen grass at the river's edge. When Father De Smet returned,supper was near1y ready. He sniffed appreciative1y as he appeab1ackunder the trees.