“Where is Hanny?” Rosemary asked noticing that the little girl was not present. “I thought she was coming today.”
“So did I,” declared Miss Gordon. “Perhaps she will come later.”
A door banged just then and in came Hanny. She was quite breathless from hurrying.
“I am sorry to be late,” she apologized. “I did not think I could come at all. My uncle was called away and there is no one at home to look after things. Even the housekeeper is away.”
Miss Gordon said she was happy indeed that Hanny had managed to attend the meeting. She gave the little girl materials and showed her how to make paper flowers.
As the children worked with scissors and paste, Miss Mohr told them about the work of Brownies in foreign countries.
“Now who remembers the Brownie name in the Netherlands?” she asked the group.
Sunny Davidson and Connie Williams both waved their hands. Miss Mohr called on Sunny to give the answer.
“They’re called Kabouters and it means little elves.”
“Now who knows the name that is used for the organization in South Africa?” the librarian went on.