“Sunbonnet,” said Dorothy.
The children all laughed, but Miss Hart went on:
“ ‘Just the thing!’ exclaimed the man. ‘Without this, my poor giraffe might have been sun-struck.’ He tied the sunbonnet on the giraffe’s head, although, to do so, he had to climb up on a——”
“Bureau,” said Midget.
“Which was just about to be placed on a moving-van. The sunbonnet properly adjusted, the gentleman said politely to the giraffe, ‘What is your name?’ To his surprise, the animal spoke quite plainly, and answered——”
“Strawberry Jam,” read Delight, giggling.
“ ‘A lovely name!’ exclaimed the man. ‘Now, Strawberry Jam, I feel sure you are hungry, so I will feed you some——’ ”
“Tin tacks,” said Kitty.
“ ‘You may not think you’ll like them, dear Strawberry Jam, but I assure you that, made up into little cakes, and iced over with——’ ”
“Mucilage!”