He was teasing and Simon came back,
“Lolo’ll not do anything so boring and if we are in the castle, she has hundreds of stories to tell me about the people who lived here and the battles they fought when they were so very brave.”
“I am sure they were and I was wondering if perhaps instead of the castle you would like to explore my yacht.”
“A ship!” Simon exclaimed. “That would be spiffing! Can it go very fast?”
“I hope you will think so, but of course not as fast as you can go on you pony.”
“We can’t race them as one is on the water and the other is on the ground.”
“That is true,” replied his uncle. “At the same time I think you would like to see the mountains at the far end of the lake and the other parts of Ullswater which are nearly as beautiful as here.”
He realised as he spoke
