The Sunbonnet Babies' father had put a number of big Italian pennies into their bags, and had said they might spend them just as they wished, so of course each of the happy, barefooted boys received a penny, for which they said grazie a great many times.
Molly and May had already learned that grazie in Italian means "thank you" in English, and that un soldo means "one penny."
While they were giving their pennies to the boys, and while everybody was laughing and saying grazie, something very interesting was coming up the street.
The sharp tinkle of a bell made Molly look up quickly and cry, "O May! Look at those little goats! A man is driving them up the street. He is stopping at the door of that house. What do you suppose he is going to do?"
"I know!" cried May. "He is going to milk the goats. Look! A woman has come out of the house with a tin cup in her hand."
"Yes, and now the man is milking right into her cup."
"Oh, what a queer milk cart!" laughed Molly
"And there are two other women who want their cups filled."