Dora sat down at her place and picked up the first package. It was fat and not a bit heavy. She opened it to find some yarn, soft, and of the prettiest blue you can imagine. Dora didn’t know it, but it was the color of her eyes.
“That is to make you a sweater,” said Mother. “I am going to knit one like Mary Burton’s. You said you liked hers so much.”
Dora was delighted. She kissed Mother and looked very happy.
“My old sweater is growing so small,” she said. “Will you knit it soon, Mother?”
“I will begin it this evening,” said Mrs. Merrill. “I want some work to pick up after supper.”
“It is the color I like best,” said Dora, and she opened another package.
This was from Olive and it contained two new hair-ribbons. One was blue and exactly matched the sweater yarn. The other was pink. Dora liked them both.
The next package was small and heavy and Dora wondered what it could be. It was a paint-box with paints of all the different colors that any picture could possibly need. This was from Uncle Dan, and Dora went straight and hugged him.
“How did you know I wanted a paint-box?” she asked. “I wanted it very much and I didn’t expect to have one.”