They all wondered what he was laughing at. "I guess there used to be
water here once," said Jimmy at a venture. "There's water here now
standing round in spots. And,--why, it's _fishes_!"
Lucy stooped all of a sudden and picked up a dead fish.
"Ugh! I never caught a fish before!" But next moment she threw it away
in disgust.
"How did dead fishes ever get into this mud-puddle?" queried Edith.
"Well, they used to live in it before it dried up," replied Nate. "Fact
is, this is a _lake_!"