Page 108 - The Little sister of Wilifred

all round it, and shelves at the sides

with books, where one can sit and read,
What sort of a window do you have in
your room ? ”

“ They call it a skylight,iJ was the

cheerful answer. “ It 's first-rate unless
it rains. If it rains, you have to shut it

whether the weather is warm or cold,
and anyhow the rain leaks in some­

times. It drips down on the bed.”
“ I should think you would move the

bed to some other part of the room/’
“ There is n’t any other part of the

room. The bed covers most all the
room there is. I asked Mrs. Bagley to

let me have her old umbrella to hold

u p ; but she said, if she did, by and by
I ’d want her gold watch and fur tippet*

She thinks I ’m never satisfied/’
“ And don't you have anything then

that is pleasant? ” asked Will.