picnic

Unfortunately, he couldn’t secure the rights and scoffed at using a different show: “There’s nothing to solve in ‘Guys and Dolls’ or ‘Oklahoma!,’ except who’s going to take Laurey to the picnic.”

We round trees, duck branches, and splash through the creek until we get to what looks like a picnic—with Ma, Dad, and Autumn’s parents.

“Look at them all! They keep coming, like ants at a picnic. I want nothing to do with it, if you please,” she exclaimed, and waddled off to inspect her tulip garden once more.

The stagecoach rumbled off, and the four of them stood and gazed upon the verdant meadows of the valley of Heathcote, now spread before them like a lush green blanket laid out for a picnic.

“No picnic basket, Lumawoo,” Cassiopeia finally said, before dissolving into giggles.