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Why could there not be a little more rose-bud and shimmer in people's lives! "Seems to me it's all calico!" cried Sharley. Then to see her overturning her ribbon-box! Nobody but a girl knows how girls dream over their ribbons. "He is coming!" whispered Sharley to the little bright barbe, and to the little bright face that flushed and fluttered at her in the glass, "He is coming!"
She put away the barbe and the pink muslin, locked her ribbon-box into the lower drawer, gave up crimping her hair, and wore the chocolate calico all day.
I was no older than you, Nellie, when, half curious and half disgusted, I held at arm's length on a bit of fennel-stalk, and dropped in an old ribbon-box Aunt Susan provided for the purpose, the great green worm that, after various stages of insect life, turned into just such a beautiful creature as you see flying about among the flowers. Since then I have raised dozens of them."
'House and Garden To Let Inquire Within. Inquiring within with all possible speed, we found the draper selling winceys, the draper's assistant tidying the ribbon-box, the draper's wife sewing in one corner, and the draper's baby playing on the clean floor. We were impressed favourably, and entered into negotiations without delay.
Rhodes, said I, 'how do you know this kind of worm makes butterflies? "'Because I've seen 'em do it, child. "'I mean to try it, I said; and I ran to the house and Aunt Susan gave me an old ribbon-box, and Mr.
"And you can bring out your old ribbon-box for the bowing-up, Rosamond. It's a charity to clear out your glory-holes once in a while. It's going to be just splend-umphant!" "If you don't go and talk about it," said Rosamond. "We must keep the new of it to ourselves." "As if I needed!" cried Barbara, indignantly.
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