After “pleasure,” “fun,” “contentment” and other names had been suggested, Aunt Selina suddenly mentioned “delight.”
“Valley of Delight,” repeated Mrs. Talmage to hear the sound of it, while the Blue Birds hailed the name as just right.
“Happy Hills in the Valley of Delight!” said Aunt Selina, as pleased as the children were.
“Write it down—that’s its name from now on,” cried Dot.
“We want it printed on all of our letter paper that will be used for farm purposes,” said Mrs. Talmage.
“Oh, yes; won’t it look fine to send out letters asking folks to send donations for the poor children of ‘Happy Hills in the Valley of Delight!’ and let them see the name on top of some nice grey paper,” cried Edith.
“Wish we could find a name for those poor children. I never like to say that word—‘poor,’” complained Ruth.
“Neither do I,” added Norma.
“I know I wouldn’t like a country child to be always calling me ‘poor city child,’” declared Betty.
“Then you ought to find a nice name for all of them, too, so we won’t have to say ‘poor’ any more,” said Mrs. Talmage.