Cyril put the glue to melt in a jampot, and put the jampot in a saucepan and saucepan on the fire, while Robert painted a wreath of poppies round the photographs.

He painted rather well and very quickly, and poppies are easy to do if you've once been shown how.

Then Anthea drew some printed letters and Jane coloured them.
The words were: 'With all our loves to shew We like the thigs to eat.' And when the painting was dry they all signed their names at the bottom and put the glass on, and glued brown paper round the edge and over the back, and put two loops of tape to hang it up by.
Of course everyone saw when too late that there were not enough letters in 'things', so the missing 'n' was put in.

It was impossible, of course, to do the whole thing over again for just one letter.
'There!' said Anthea, placing it carefully, face up, under the sofa.
'It'll be hours before the glue's dry.

Now, Squirrel, fire ahead!' 'Well, then,' said Cyril in a great hurry, rubbing at his gluey hands with his pocket handkerchief.