(1) On Sunday, Papa and Mama are not at home. Brother and Sister sit in the living room. They have nothing to do.

(2) "Let's go get some wild blackberries", says Sister. Brother thinks about that. "No," he says, "wild blackberries have too many thorns."

(3) "Well, then," says Sister, "let's go out and play on the swing." Brother thinks about that. "No," he says, "we did that yesterday."

(4) Sister gets angry with her brother. She says, "All you want to do is sit here and hug that football. I think you must be in love with the ball!"

(5) "I am not!" says Brother. "But I'll tell you something: Let's play football and see who is the better player!" "OK!" says Sister.

(6) Brother kicks the ball. He is fast. Sister is fast, too. She blocks the ball with her knee. The ball bounces against a bookshelf, against a chair, against a table and breaks Mama's favorite lamp!

(7) Crash! The sound scares a bird away. Brother and Sister are worried. Mama is on her way home.

(8) "My lamp!" says Mama. "My best lamp! What happened? Tell me about it." She looks at Brother and Sister. Brother and Sister look at Mama, and then at each other. What are they going to say and do?

（To be continued）