Yes, the sun was fast sinking in the west, and the time had come for tired little feet to turn toward home. Mama was watching for them at the parlor window, and she lifted baby in her arms as she opened the door.
"O, mama! I want my supper, and I want to go to bed!"
But in the middle of the night she awoke with a laugh, crying—"Oh, how funny! I dreamed that the little Chinese dwarf was waltzing with the giraffe!"
"Hush, darling!" said Trixie, softly, sitting up in her little crib. "You'll wake mama, baby!"
Transcriber's Note: One missing closing quotation mark was added to the text after: "He swallowed a man once." |