“What are you going to do with that chocolate?” asked Bully² No-Tail, the frog boy, as he and his brother, who were hopping³ to a ball game, happened to see Nellie.

 

“Oh, I guess she’s going to eat it,” said Bawly. “If you want us to help you, we will, won’t we, Bully?” he added.

 

“Sure,” said Bully, hungry like.

 

“Oh, indeed, that’s very kind of you boys,” replied Nellie, politely, “but you see I’m not eating this chocolate. I am selling it for our school. We want to get some nice pictures to put in the rooms, and so I’m trying to help get the money to buy them by selling cakes of chocolate.”

 

“Ha! That’s a good idea,” said Bully. “Say, Nellie, if you go to our house maybe our mamma will buy some chocolate.”

 

“I’ll fly right over there,” declared the little sparrow girl, “for I want very much to sell my chocolate, and, so far, very few persons have bought any of me.”

 

“I guess our mamma will,” said Bawly, and, then when Nellie had flown on with her chocolate, Bawly winked⁴ both his eyes and spoke⁵ thusly: “Say, Bully, if mamma buys the chocolate from Nellie I guess she’ll give us some.”

 

“I hope so,” replied his brother, and then they went on to the ball game and had a good time. Well, as I was telling you, Nellie flew over to Mrs. No-Tail’s house, and knocked at the door with her little bill.

 

“Don’t you want to buy some chocolate so I can make money to get pictures for our school?” the sparrow girl politely asked.

 

“Indeed I do,” replied Mrs. No-Tail. “I just need some chocolate for a cake I’m baking. And if you would like to come in, and help me make the cake, and put the chocolate on, I’ll give you some, and you can take a piece home to Dickie.”

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