So Stubby raced off for hollyhocks, picking the short stems off very carefully; first the large, silver-white ones, then shell-pink ones and last of all, the dark, velvety, red ones.
"Mine's going to be red," shouted Stubby, running back with his hands full.
"Then take three, one for the waist and two for the ruffly skirt," said Rose.
"I know what'll be good for a parasol," said Stubby, sitting down beside Rose.
"What?" asked Rose.
Stubby pointed to the morning-glory vine climbing all over the arbor, with its pink and violet blossoms rolled tightly up, just like an umbrella! Rose clapped her hands.
"Just the thing," she cried.
The children next made long braids of hair of striped grass, and fastened them to the backs of the dolls' heads with thorns. Then they bound broad sashes of satiny grass around the waists and used the flat nasturtium leaves for sailor hats.
"Now we must begin a house for them to live in," proceeded Rose. "Pick up little stones and make squares on the piazza floor for rooms."
Stubby soon made four rooms, leaving a door in each, with a hall down the middle.