And I to you will quickly tell,
And you will quickly do, and well,
This lesson coming next.”
“Won’t
it be
beautiful!”
With these words, the little bird leaned over the edge of the table and stuck her bill into the drawer beneath. Then she pulled out a long sheet of paper.
“Oh,” gasped Mary Frances, “what is that, dear teacher?”
“That,” said Sewing Bird, shaking her wings, “is a model for you to follow in making,
Cut a piece of canvas twelve inches by nine inches, and follow as exactly as you can the picture on the next page.