“Oh, how perfectly lovely!” cried Mary Frances.
“I can scarcely wait! Will it be long?”
“That all depends, my little friend—”
“Upon me,” said Mary Frances. “I’ll work very
in-dus-tri-ous-ly, dear little teacher.”
But the most important must be
that little birds do not have hands
Chapter VII
Blanket Stitch and Its Sister
“NOW, Sewing Bird,” began Mary Frances the next lesson afternoon, “let’s not talk any, but—”