“Who are the Thimble People?” asked her mother. Then Mary Frances told all about her new friends.
When she finished, she showed the bundle of patterns last given her by the Thimble King.
“We’ll make these together, Mother, dear—if you say so?”
“I certainly do say so, dear,” said her mother.
“Who are the Thimble People?”
“I would like to take some lessons myself—such delightful lessons; will you teach me?”
“I’ll do my best,—and—I just believe the Thimble People will help!” said Mary Frances wisely;— and she thought she surely saw Scissors Shears wink at her.