“It seems a shame to pull the string so tight but as Sir Bodkin says, ‘In summer we One-Eyes have to keep away from the damp or we’ll lose our charming brightness.’”
Jim was delighted when he came back from his swim and saw his mended overalls ready to put on.
“Some day I’ll do something for you,” he said, “for ‘One good turn deserves another.’”
CHAPTER XIV SEWING ON BUTTONS
Margaret was home again from the country. Vacation was nearly over and in another week school would begin.
“How would you like to look over your clothes and see that they are in good order?” her mother said to her one day. “Wouldn’t it be a good plan to sew on the missing buttons and see that the others are on firmly and not hanging by their eyelids?”
“Sir Bodkin would like it. He can sing me a little song all about buttons. He loves to sing and tell you what to do, you know,” laughed Margaret.
“That’s a very good idea. What he has to say seems always to be right,” said Mrs. Allen.
Margaret went to her room to look over her clothes. Sure enough, here was a button gone and there, one loose.