While they wired on the candles the children asked questions, and found out all they wanted to know about the new plans and pleasures.
"Who fixed all this ?" "Mamma thought of it, and Ralph and I did it.

He's the man for this sort of thing, you know.

He proposed cutting out the arches and sticking on birds and butterflies just where they looked best.

I put those canaries over there, they looked so well against the blue;" and Frank proudly pointed out some queer orange-colored fowls, looking as if they were having fits in the air, but very effective, nevertheless.
"Your mother said you might call this the Bird Room.

We caught a scarlet-tanager for you to begin with, didn't we, Jack ?" and Ralph threw a _bon-bon_ at Jill, who looked very like a bright little bird in a warm nest.
"Good for you! Yes, and we are going to keep her in this pretty cage till we can both fly off together.