“Our livings
of course”
“I CAN’T wait! I simply cawn’t!” Mary Frances paused at the door. It was Scissors Shears again.
“Pray, why ‛cawn’t’ you?” mimicked Tommy Pin Cushion.
“Ah, don’t you know? To-day’s lesson is so ‛el-e-gan-tis-si-mus!’”
“What do we make—I mean what do we help make?” asked Tommy Pin Cushion.
“Our livings, of course,” clicked Scissors Shears.
“Oh, you simple, silly old sharp-tongued—!”
“There, there, that will do!” said Scissors Shears; “ask Sewing Bird.”
“What do we make, Sewing Bird, please?” asked Tommy Pin Cushion. “I didn’t hear.”