Ladies' Aid for me, until Aunt Polly said she'd take--" Pollyanna
stopped abruptly. The dawning of a wonderful idea began to show
in her face.

"Oh, I know just the place for you," she cried. "Aunt Polly'll
take you--I know she will! Didn't she take me? And didn't she
take Fluffy and Buffy, when they didn't have any one to love
them, or any place to go?--and they're only cats and dogs. Oh,
come, I know Aunt Polly'll take you! You don't know how good and
kind she is!"

Jimmy Bean's thin little face brightened.

"Honest Injun? Would she, now? I'd work, ye know, an' I'm real
strong!" He bared a small, bony arm.

"Of course she would! Why, my Aunt Polly is the nicest lady in
the world--now that my mama has gone to be a Heaven angel. And
there's rooms--heaps of 'em," she continued, springing to her
feet, and tugging at his arm. "It's an awful big house. Maybe,
though," she added a little anxiously, as they hurried on, "maybe
you'll have to sleep in the attic room. I did, at first. But
there's screens there now, so 'twon't be so hot, and the flies
can't get in, either, to bring in the germ-things on their feet.
Did you know about that? It's perfectly lovely! Maybe she'll let
you read the book if you're good--I mean, if you're bad. And
you've got freckles, too,"--with a critical glance--"so you'll be
glad there isn't any looking-glass; and the outdoor picture is
nicer than any wall-one could be, so you won't mind sleeping in
that room at all, I'm sure," panted Pollyanna, finding suddenly