Tottie never liked to take a bath until one day Mother said: "Let's make believe you are in the big ocean and there are lots of little silver fishes swimming all around."  
After this Tottie wanted to take a bath all the time, for Mother bought some toy fishes and Tottie didn't have to make believe very hard.
 
It was lots of fun in the big round tin . It was painted green on the outside and yellow on the inside, which looked just like the sand on the seashore. And then, too, it had a nice wide, flat edge all around, so that it seemed almost like a beach to Tottie.
 
Sometimes Mother would put a little red bathing cap on Tottie's head and let her for a while before her bath. Tottie then kept her little shirt on, making believe it was a lovely silk bathing suit. Perhaps the little fishe............