lying bright and calm in the warm sunshine!

Shining golden sands

stretched to the little waves.
"Oh, goody, goody!" cried Dick, taking off his 92
shoes and socks at once. "Come on, quickly?'
Soon everyone was paddling in the warm sea. Moon-Face and Silky had
never paddled before, but they loved it just as much as the children did.
Dick paddled out so far that he got his shorts soaking wet.
"Oh, Dick! You are wet!" cried Bessie. "Come back!"
"This is the Land of Do-As-You-Please, isn't it?" shouted Dick, dancing
about in the water and getting wetter than ever. "Well, I shall get as
wet as I like, then!"
"Let's dig an ENORMOUS castle!" cried Moon-Face. "Then we can all
sit on the top of it when the sea comes up."
"We can't," said Silky, suddenly looking sad.
"Why not? Why not?" cried Jo in surprise. "Isn't this the Land of Do-
As-You-Please?"
"Yes," said Silky. "But it's time we went back to the Faraway Tree.
This land will soon be on the move-and nice as it is, we don't want to
live here for ever."
"Gracious, no," said Jo. "Our mother and father couldn't possibly do
without us! Dick! Dick! Come in to shore! We're going home!"
Dick didn't want to be left behind. He waded back at once, his shorts
dripping wet, and his jersey splashed, too. They all made their way to
the hole that led down through the cloud to the Faraway Tree.
"We did have a lovely time," sighed Jo, looking back longingly at the
gay land he was leaving
behind. "It's one of the nicest lands that has ever been at the top of the
Tree."
They all felt tired as they crowded into Moon-Face's room. "Don't fall
asleep before you get home," said Moon-Face. "Take cushions, all of
you."
They went down the slippery-slip, yawning. They made their way home
and fell into bed, tired out but happy. And in the morning their mother
spoke in surprise to Dick.
"Dick, how is it that your shorts and jersey are so wet this morning?"
"I paddled too deep in the sea," said Dick-and he couldn't think why his
Aunt Polly said he was a naughty little story-teller!
13-The Land of Toys.
One afternoon Silky came to see the children as they were all working
hard in the garden. She leaned over the gate and called to them.
"Hallo! I've come to tell you something!"
"Oh, hallo, Silky dear!" cried everyone. "Come along in. We can't stop
work because we've got to finish clearing this patch before tea."
Silky came in. She sat down on the barrow. "The old Saucepan Man
wants to give a party," she said. "And he says, will you come?"
"Is it his birthday?" asked Jo.
"Oh, no. He doesn't know when his birthday is," said Silky. "He says he
hasn't got one. This is just a party. You see, the Land of Goodies is
coming soon, and Saucepan thought it would be a fine idea to go there
with a large basket and collect as many good things to eat as he can