Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
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Does he know you? He didn't tell me your name."
"I'm Pollyanna Whittier. I was lost and he found me and took me home," answered Pollyanna, still a little dazedly. "I see. Just like him," nodded the boy. "Don't he tote me up here every day?" A quick sympathy came to Pollyanna's eyes. "Can't you walk--at all--er--Sir J-James?" The boy laughed gleefully. "'Sir James,' indeed! That's only more of Jerry's nonsense. I ain't a 'Sir.'" Pollyanna looked clearly disappointed. "You aren't? Nor a--a lord, like he said?" "I sure ain't." "Oh, I hoped you were--like Little Lord Fauntleroy, you know," rejoined Pollyanna. "And--" But the boy interrupted her with an eager: "Do YOU know Little Lord Fauntleroy? And do you know about Sir Lancelot, and the Holy Grail, and King Arthur and his Round Table, and |
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