"Do I?" said Redbud, smiling and blushing.
"And so good."
"Oh, no—I am not!"
"Not good?"
"Far from it, Verty."
"Hum!" said Verty, "I should like to know how! I might be better if you were at Apple Orchard again."
"Better?"
"Yes, yes—why can't you live at Apple Orchard, where we were so happy?"
Redbud smiled.
"You know I am growing up now," she said.