reathed?--Would like to be a 'Storm at Sea'?"

"It's only the 'mother' side of me that is gentle!" laughed my Mother.
She threw back her head suddenly. She thrust out her hands. It jerked
her soft, calm hair all fluffy and wild across her forehead. Her eyes
danced! Her cheeks turned all pink! "Oh _wouldn't_ it be fun?" she
cried. "All the roaring! And the ranting! And the foaming! And the
_Furying_!--Racing up the beaches in great waves! And splashes!
_Banging_ against the rocks! Scaring the fishes almost to pieces!
Rocking the boats till people fell _Bump_ right out of their berths onto
the floor! Ruffling the gulls till----"

"You wouldn't actually--wreck a boat would you?" said my Father.

My Mother stopped tossing her head. And waving her hands. She gave a
little sigh. She began mending my Father again very hard.

"Just----pirates," she said.

"O--h," said my Father.

"We intended to make the next one about 'Motions,'" I explained. "But it
was too hard. Carol wanted to be an Elevator!--Carol says an Elevator is
like quick-silver in a giant thermometer that's gone mad!--He wanted to
be the motion it makes when the Elevator's going down and the floor's
coming up! But it made me feel queer in my stomach!"

"Merciful Heavens!" said my Father. "What kind of a family have I
drawn?--My Wife wants to be a 'Storm at Sea' and my Son aspires to feel
like an 'Elevator Gone Mad'!"

Carol looked at my Mother. My Mother looked at Carol. They laughed their
eyes together.

"So we made it 'Money' and 'Memory' instead," I explained.

"Made what 'Money' and 'Memory' instead?" said my Father.

"The next two questions," I explained.

"O--h," said my Mother.

"Fire away!" said my Father.

"Question No. 4," I said. "Which do you like best? _Times?_ or
_Things?_"

"Times or Things?" said my Father. "Whatever in the world do you mean?"
His eyebrows looked pretty puzzled.

"Why, we mean," I explained, "if somebody gave you five whole dollars
for your birthday--how would you rather spend it?--What would you get
most fun out of, we mean?--_Times?_ Or _Things?_--Would you be most apt
to spend it for Rabbits, we mean? Or going to a Fair?"

"Oh," said my Father, "I see!--Times or Things?--Times--or things?--Why
_Things_!" he decided almost at once. "_Things_ of course!--When you
buy a _Thing_ you've got something really tangible for your money!
Something definite! Something really to show!--'Rabbits' I admit would
probably no