I want her to tell me 'tisn't true--'tisn't true!" The nurse tried to speak, but no words came.

Something in her face sent an added terror to Pollyanna's eyes.
"Miss Hunt, you DID hear her! It is true! Oh, it isn't true! You don't mean I can't ever--walk again ?" "There, there, dear--don't, don't!" choked the nurse.

"Perhaps he didn't know.

Perhaps he was mistaken.

There's lots of things that could happen, you know." "But Aunt Polly said he did know! She said he knew more than anybody else about--about broken legs like mine!" "Yes, yes, I know, dear; but all doctors make mistakes sometimes.
Just--just don't think any more about it now--please don't, dear." Pollyanna flung out her arms wildly.