Chapter 12
A FLOWER SHOW
AN expectant hush fell upon the crowd as Mrs. Langley made her announcement.
Everyone watched the three judges, wondering which tulip they would choose for the first prize award.
“Oh, they’re stopping beside the candy stripe tulip!” Vevi whispered nervously to Connie. “That is the flower they are going to choose.”
Connie thought so too and so did Hanny who stood beside the two Brownies. Her tense face puckered up and she looked as if she were about to burst into tears.
“If Uncle Peter’s tulip doesn’t win, I’ll have to go back to the orphanage in Holland,” she whispered. “I know it!”
The judges were now pinning a ribbon on the table where the candy stripe tulip was displayed.
“The Mattox flower wins,” Hanny said with a little moan. “Oh, I was afraid of it. The flower is very beautiful.”
“But not half as nice as the Golden Beauty,” Vevi declared loyally. “I don’t see how the judges could make such a mistake.”