“I think I’ll stay in, Grandma, if you don’t mind,” answered Mary Frances, not quite daring to mention her sewing lessons, “I have a sort of an engagement.”
“Well! Well!” laughed Grandma, “so grown up already? You have been out every day lately—I think perhaps you’ll like to play in the sewing-room.”
“I hope you’ll have a lovely time, Nanny,” said Mary Frances as her grandma closed the door.
“I wonder if Sewing Bird will be ready for the lesson,” she thought as she skipped up the stairs to the sewing-room.
“Sewing Bird! Sewing Bird!” she whispered.
“I hope you’ll have a lovely time”
“Oh, that’s the call
I love to hear;