“Yes,” smiled Fairy Lady. “You may,—some day. We do not want our help to be given to one little girl only—so when we are all through, you can form a Sewing Circle to which your girl friends may belong, and you can teach them all you have learned.”
“In my treasure box”
“Oh, how perfectly lovely!” exclaimed Mary Frances. “But won’t you help me any more then,—you, and the dear, dear Thimble People?”
“You’ll have your mother then, you know,” explained Fairy Lady.
“Oh, yes,” said Mary Frances happily. “She had planned to teach me to sew this very summer—it will be another grand surprise for her if I know how—when she comes.”
“I wish afternoons were much longer,” smiled Fairy Lady; “but we must do our lesson. Now, just a word