‘But it is a long time to wait,’ answered Sally, shaking her head, ‘and I don’t know what I shall do without them.’
‘You have Mother and Father,’ suggested Aunt Bee.
‘And you and Uncle Paul,’ answered Sally quickly, slipping one hand into Aunt Bee’s and with the other seizing Mother’s hand. ‘I love Andy and Alice, but I love Mother and Father and you and Uncle Paul more. Yes, those are the very ones that I love best,’ said little Sally Waters.
THE END
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.