I shall have to work very hard to be ready twice a week!" "Too hard, I fear," said Mrs.Bird anxiously.
"Oh, no; not a bit too hard! If the children are only interested, I shall not mind any amount of trouble.

By the way, dear Mrs.Bird, you won't let the nurses or mothers stand in the doorways?
You will please see that I am left quite alone with the children, won't you ?" "Certainly; no mothers shall be admitted, if they make you nervous; it is the children's hour.

But after two or three months, when you have all become acquainted, and the children are accustomed to listening attentively, I almost hope you will allow a few nurses to come in and sit in the corners,--the ones who bring the youngest children, for example; it would be such a means of education to them.

There 's another idea for you next year,--a nurses' class in story-telling." "It would be rather nice, would n't it ?--and I should be older then, and more experienced.

I really think I could do it, if Miss Denison would help me by talks and instructions.