diff --git a/ltk.lisp b/ltk.lisp
index 127e309..af9b1a5 100644
--- a/ltk.lisp
+++ b/ltk.lisp
@@ -2638,10 +2638,16 @@ bind ~a <Configure> [list resetScroll ~a]
 
 (defgeneric children (tree item))
 (defmethod children ((tree treeview) item)
-  (format-wish "~a children ~a" (widget-path tree) item))
+  (format-wish "senddatastrings [~a children ~a]" (widget-path tree) item)
+  (let ((names (read-data))
+        (items (items tree)))
+    (mapcar (lambda (name)
+              (find name items :key #'name :test #'equal))
+            names)))
 
 (defmethod children ((tree treeview) (item treeitem))
-  (format-wish "~a children ~a" (widget-path tree) (name item)))
+  (children tree (name item)))
+  ;(format-wish "~a children ~a" (widget-path tree) (name item)))
 
 (defgeneric (setf children) (val tree item))
 (defmethod (setf children) (val (tree treeview) item)