"_Aunty's_ writing a story for us too.

Oh, you delightful aunty!" "Oh you beautiful aunty! oh you delicious aunty!" echoed Molly.

"Why don't you say something too, Ralph ?" she exclaimed, turning reproachfully to her brother.

"You like stories just as much as we do--you know you do." "But you and Sylvia have used up all the adjectives," said Ralph.

"What _can_ I call aunty, unless I say she's a very jolly fellow ?" "Reserve your raptures, my dears," said aunty, "'The proof of the pudding's in the eating,' remember.