“I’ll tell you!” said Mary Frances. “No, I guess I’ll show you! Now, Thimble People, look! look!” she exclaimed, bringing in Mary Marie and holding her up before Sewing Bird.
“Oh, lovely beauty!
Lovely thing!
And can it sing,
Oh, can it sing?”
“No,” laughed Mary Frances, “I don’t believe she can!”
“Oh, what’s her name?
Oh, what’s her name?
Oh, will she run
Or is she tame?”