"Anita mia! Maria! Come quickly! Here are two little friends for you."
As he called, two little girls about as tall as Molly and May came bounding to the door. They had large brown eyes and brown, curly hair, and their cheeks were as pink as roses.
Molly and May thought the little Italian girls were lovely, but Anita and Maria never had dreamed of such beautiful blue eyes and such lovely golden hair as they found under the two pretty sunbonnets.
They led the Sunbonnet Babies into their house
They took the Sunbonnet Babies each by the hand and led them into their house. It was a large, stone house, and they lived on the first floor, not much above the canal.
The little guests were taken through the large hall, which was the parlor, too, out into a small courtyard beyond. Though this yard had a stone floor, it looked like a real little garden. There were long boxes of vines and blooming plants on the walls, and two or three small trees in large pots. Lying on a pillow in a shady corner was a dear little baby boy.
Lying on a pillow was a dear little baby boy
Anita and Maria were so proud of their baby brother they wanted to show him to Molly and May the very first thing.