It was Delight, and both girls sat suddenly down on the floor, laughing at their bumped heads.
But when Delight saw that it was Midget, she stopped laughing and looked sober, and even sour.
"Don't, Delight," said Marjorie, gently, and putting her arms round her friend, she kissed her lovingly.
This melted Delight's foolish little heart, and she whispered, "Oh,
Midge, you do like me best, don't you?"
But Midge was in no mood for emotional demonstration down under the hatrack, so she scrambled up, saying, "I shan't if you act as foolish as you have done. You behave decently to Gladys and to me, and then see what'll happen."
With this Midge calmly walked away and collected more animals, while Delight, rather stunned by this summary advice, jumped up and went after animals, too.
At last the collecting was over and the children brought their arks to Mr. Maynard. With Miss Hart to help him, it didn't take very long to figure out the schedule value of each ark-full, and prizes were given to those three whose score was highest.
Flip Henderson had first prize, and Delight had second, while the third went to Harry Frost. Delight was greatly pleased, and Marjorie was glad, too, for she thought it might make her more amiable.
But that wasn't the reason; the real reason was because Midge had kissed her, and then had scolded her roundly. This combination of treatment affected the strange little heart of Delight, and she began at once to be nice and pleasant to Gladys and to everybody.
The next game was like Jackstraws, but it wasn't Jackstraws.