Jane asked, not seeing the children around.

After everyone greeted each other, Austin invited everyone indoors. As he walked, he replied, “They all went back yesterday. The elders were complaining that it’s summer break and it’s rare for the kids to be free, and they wanted to spend time with them, so they were all sent back.”

If they stayed here, it would be so noisy. Even though the kids were all quite well-behaved, whenever they played together, they would still argue sometimes.

Taking car