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ers and rolls." "Oh, how nice!" Sue said. "We never have them; do we Bunny?" "Nope." "But we will, next time we have a play-party," Sue went on. "I think they must be lovely. How do you cook 'em?" "Well, we just frys 'em--make believe," said the big girl, who was smiling now. "But I can cook real, an' when we has any money at home, an' me ma buys real sausages, I boils 'em an' we eats 'em wit mustard on." Sue thought the big girl talked in rather a queer way, but of course we cannot all talk alike. It would be a funny world if we did; wouldn't it? "It must be nice to cook real sausages," said Sue. "I wish I could do it. But will all of you children come to my party to-morrow?" she asked. "Are you goin' to have a party?" inquired the big girl. "Yes," nodded Sue. "We're going to have a party at our Aunt Lu's house; aren't we, Bunny? We are, 'cause I'm going to ask her to have one, as soon as we get back," Sue whispered to her brother. "So you say 'yes.' We are going to have a party; aren't we, Bunny?" Sue spoke out loud this time. "Yes," answered the little boy. "We're going to have one." "A real party?" the big girl wanted to know. Bunny looked at Sue. He was going to let her answer. "Yes, it will be a real party," said Sue, "and we'll have all real things to eat. Will you come?" "Will we come?" cried the big girl. "Well, I guess we will!" "Even a policeman couldn't keep us away!" said the boy who had wanted to feel the ice-cream, to see if it was melting. "Then you can all come to my Aunt Lu's house to-morrow afternoon," Sue went on. "I'll tell her you're coming." "Where is it?" asked the big girl. Sue felt in her pocket and brought out one of Aunt Lu's cards, which Miss Baker had given the little girl in case she became lost. "That's our address," said Sue. "You come there to-morrow afternoon, and we'll have a real party. I'm pleased to have met you," and with a polite bow, saying what she had often heard her mother say on parting from a new friend, Sue turned away. "Will you an' your brother be there?" the big, ragged girl wanted to know. "Yes," said Bunny. "I'll be there, and so will Wopsie." "Is she Wopsie?" asked the big girl, pointing to the colored piccaninny. "Dat's who I is!" Wopsie exclaimed. "But dat's only mah make-believe name. Mah real one am Sallie Jefferson. Dat name was on de card pinned to me, but de address was tored off." "Well, Sallie or Wopsie, it
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