Toward the end of the story they go on a picnic.
They could have been on a picnic in the country.
Ten years old, she had decided not to go on a picnic.
One day the children go on a picnic far away from the property.
They weren't just going on a picnic and getting lost in the woods.
But, oh, how nice it would be to go on a picnic.
"I was thinking that we could go on a picnic."
We used to go on picnics together and our families were friends.
"And then tomorrow we can take them on a picnic."
One day, she takes him on a picnic beside a lake.