“Yes, we’ll come.”
“And may we come to the Home to see you sometimes?” asked Jan.
“Oh, yes, any time you like. ‘Visitors always welcome.’ That’s what it says over the door. We’re going to have a big party soon, and maybe you can come to that.”
“We’ll come,” promised Jan.
Then, as soon as Hal was lost to sight down in a little hollow of the green, grassy fields, the Curlytops talked about him.
“Wasn’t he nice?” asked Ted.
“Yes,” answered his sister. “And he was so jolly about his lame foot, he almost made you think it was fun to have it.”
“That’s right,” agreed Ted. “And how he could kick Trouble’s football!”
“Me likes him,” said Baby William. “He nice boy!”
“Indeed he is!” laughed Jan. “I wonder what he meant about a party at the Home?”