“Lend yourself!” whispered Tomato Pin Cushion to Scissors Shears.
“Tommy Pin Cushion, you’re stuck up!” clicked Scissors Shears, walking across the sewing table.
“I’ll cut by the pattern most carefully, dear Sewing Bird Lady,” said Mary Frances.
“Come,” taking Scissors Shears up quite carelessly. “Just like a grown up lady,” she thought as she cut out the little nightgown, and proudly held it up to the view of the Thimble People.
“Beautiful!” they cried.
“Not so beautiful as it will be,” said Fairy Lady, “when it
Has lace and ribbon,
And ribbon and lace,
Holding the lovely
Things in place.”