They are being photographed. Names, reading from left to right:
Susan, Henry Dog, Barbara, Mrs. Perkins, Helen.
Of course, they are not really being photographed, but Helen said, "Let's pretend that we are, and that it's going to be in the papers to-morrow." So she put one hand on Mrs. Perkins, to show how fond she was of the cat, and took the other one off the table, to show how well-brought-up she was, and said "Go!"
Well, you see what happened. Susan and Barbara weren't ready for it. They were both eating, and both had their elbows on the table. It would be a terrible thing if the photograph came out in the paper like that. Couldn't the man take another one?
Helen said, No, it was the last one he had. He had been taking photographs all
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