Calico Illustrated Classics: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms

Calico Illustrated Classics: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms — page 5
Certainly is said Mr Cobb But it’s a tad too hot Why don’t you put up your parasol Oh dear no I never put it up when the sun shines Pink fades terribly I only carry it on cloudy Sundays It’s the thing I care most about except my large family of course How many are there asked Mr Cobb Well there’s Mother and seven children Hannah is the oldest I come next Then John Jenny Mark Fanny and Mira Well that is a big family Everybody says it’s too big said Rebecca Hannah and I haven’t done anything but put babies to bed and wake them up in the morning It’s been that way for years and years But we’re fi nished with babies now Mother says so She always keeps her promises There hasn’t been any since Mira and she’s three She was born the day Father died on the farm Oh you live on a farm do you Where is it asked Mr Cobb What’s your folks name 8