One warm afternoon, Fern and Avery put on bathing suits and went down
To the brook for a swim. Wilbur tagged at Fem’s heels. When she waded
Into the brook, Wilbur waded in with her. He found the water quite cold-too cold
For his liking. So while the children swam and played and splashed water at each
Other, Wilbur amused himself in the mud along the edge of the brook, where it
Was warm and moist and delightfully sticky and oozy