"To Dolly," answered Bessie.
"To Dolly! that bad thing!" exclaimed Maggie; "where did you see her?"
Bessie told how she and Starr had found Dolly, and of what had passed, ending with,—
"I would have given her another banana if any of them had been mine, Maggie; and I thought you would have given her yours too, to show her you wanted to be kind to her, if you only knew about it."
"So I would," said Maggie, "and I wouldn't have cared if you had given it to her. I will let you do just what you choose with any thing of mine, Bessie, and not be a bit provoked."
"But it was not mine, you see," said Bessie, "and I didn't think it would be right when you did not tell me to."
"I'd give it to her now, if I was to see her," said Maggie; "but then we couldn't go and find her, you know. She might do something to us."
"I don't think she could very well," said Bessie. "It hurts her so to move; and her speaking sounds like mine when I have the croup. Starr said he thought she looked very sick. She's just over behind those bushes, and some one could go and take care of us. I think she would be sure we are sorry for her if we took it to her. Shall we ask papa about it?"
Maggie agreed, and papa was called and told the whole story, and of their wish to take the second banana to Dolly.