“Thank you, Miss Mary Frances,” said Sewing Bird,
“Perhaps that little yellow bird
Thought I didn’t know the word;
It’s funny that it seems a joke
When anybody stops to choke—
Ahem! Ahem! Ahem! Ahack!
Pat-me-on-the-back!
Pat-me-on-the-back! Quick!”
“Better?” asked Mary Frances, smiling to herself, and patting the little bird’s back.
After a minute she said, “Excuse me, but is—the next stitch—is the next stitch a fancy one?”