The children looked at each other and sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably than ever. Their curiosity went happily out of bounds.

Then, Arlene threw herself backwards and wiggled in a way that was just wonderful. She held herself that way and turned her head towards them and laughed and winked. ``Imagine being able to laugh and wink when you're like the top part of that picture frame at home,'' one of them said. They both laughed and winked back.

``I'm General Burnside's horse, upside down,'' Arlene said, sort of gaspingly, for her: even she had to breathe kind of funny when she was in that position. She made General Burnside's horse's belly do so funny when it was upside down. Then, she was back on her feet, winking and smiling that enormous smile (she had lots of wonderful big teeth that you never would have suspected she had when she was not smiling). And she would wink and throw kisses. They both tried to keep smiling and winking for a long time, but it made their lips and eyelids tremble. But they kept on clapping for a long, long time.

``This time,'' Arlene said, and she even kept on wiggling a little bit while she was just talking, ``you're going to tell me what I am and what I'm doing. It all has something to do with General Burnside and his horse.''

This time, it was so grand; they could tell exactly what it was. It was General Burnside's horse running in a circle. His legs shook, and the shaking went right on up his body through his hips to his shoulders. ``That's the General's horse,'' one of them cried out.