"And we shall take you to the Kindergarten, and perhaps Sister Benigna will let Dorothy come home with us for the afternoon."
"Oh, goody, goody, good——ee! We'll have another tea party, so we will!"
"Ask Jerry for some fruit and flowers to bring to Aunt Mary—that is, if you have time to help him gather them."
"Oh, yes, Mary, we has plenty of time, plenty!" And the four raced back toward the house, leaving the two girls shaking with laughter.
The little ones hurried around to the back porch, where the kittens were asleep in a basket. They knelt around it, trying to decide on proper names for these new pets.
"Isn't they jes' too cute for nennything! The yellow one is Beth's, and the black one is mine. Why, Beth, now we has the three little kittens jes' like the ones that lost their mittens. Doesn't you 'member, honey?"
"They look like little balls of fur, so they does. I jes' can't think of a nice 'nuff name for mine. Can't you 'member us of some nice kitty names, Dick? Willy-mean helped us name Fluff."
"Seems to me I ought to know some. The big grey cat that lives in our barn to catch the mice is named Tabby."
"Oh, oh! I isn't going to let my little kitty live in our barn. The mice might bite her, so they might. And I isn't going into our barn again my own self, too, not ever, ever at all."
"'Count of the mice? Why, Beth, they'll run a mile when they hear you coming."