The Brownies urged Mr. Vincent to tell them exactly how he had chanced to build the house.
“I frequently come to the park just to walk around,” he explained. “Mr. Karwhite is a good friend of mine. Well, one day I overheard the Brownies wish for a tree house. I knew one could be built quite easily.”
“Then it was you who threw that first stone with the note attached,” Sunny recalled.
“Yes, I managed to hide while you were searching for me.”
“But how did you get the house built so quickly?” Connie asked.
“For a carpenter, the job wasn’t such a big one. I had plenty of boards at home. I did take one chance though.”
“What was that?” questioned Veve.
“Well, I didn’t tell Mr. Karwhite about the tree house until after it was built. I figured if I asked him first, he’d turn me down.”
“That’s why he didn’t know anything about it that first time we talked to him,” remarked Connie.
“I brought the boards and materials I needed in at night and built the house in one day—it happened that Mr. Karwhite was away from the park. I did a good job on the house if I do say so myself!”