CHAPTER IV
SONNY BOY FINDS A CROOKEDER BOY
Sonny Boy followed Lena through the great door.
The doorkeeper said if he was a friend of hers he might go in for a little while, but the parrot must be kept outside; she was too noisy.
The boy in buttons seemed very willing to take care of Polly. He said he would carry her out upon the grounds and give her an airing.
Lena led Sonny Boy into a large, long room, which she said was the “almost well” room of the children’s ward.
“But we’re afraid Otto never will be well,” she whispered, turning a sad little face toward Sonny Boy, as she opened the door.
“Otto, the mice boy has come to see you!” she said to a white-faced, humpbacked boy, who sat propped up in a chair, at a table, with the cage of mice before him.