"Wouldn't you like to play dolls?"
"Yes—yes, I would, but I haven't any doll."
"I'll let you take one of mine." Sue held out her best doll to the little girl. It is always polite, you know, to give company, and your friends, the best that you have, instead of keeping it yourself, no matter how much you want it."
"Oh, what a lovely doll!" exclaimed the little girl, her eyes shining bright.
"Her name is Ethel," said Sue.
"Why, that's my name!" exclaimed the little girl in the blue dress. "Did you know that?"
"No," answered Sue. "I didn't, but I'm glad it is your name. Now we'll find a place to play house."
Sue found a spot where some vines grew over an old stump, making a sort of green tent, or leafy bower, like the one on the island where she and Bunny had played Robinson Crusoe. In that Ethel and Sue had a fine time with the dolls.
When it was time to eat the lunch from the baskets. Bunny and Sue asked if they could not take theirs, and eat it with some of the other
