The children helped set the table, although Ben placed three forks beside his plate and Lucy insisted the flowers needed to be in a mug rather than a vase.

Leah arrived with a salad.

Daniel carried a stack of photographs he wanted to scan.

Gabriel brought no expensive gifts.

He came with a bag of apples from the orchard outside town and asked where he should put them.

I told him to leave them on the counter and join the others.