day she had been acclaimed a heroine--once because
she had tamed a caterpillar, and once because she was older than the
Snoodle.

Chapter X
Sara's Day

Something told Sara, the next morning, to take every one of her dolls.
And the minute she entered the Garden she was glad that she had.

It was clear that something very unusual was afoot. She had never seen
her dear Garden look so festive. It was lavishly decorated with
sun-shafts and rainbows, and everywhere waved streamers of pink
sunrise and violet mist. Over the fountain, in front of the tree where
the Plynck sat, had been stretched a large electric sign. It read,

"In Honor of Sara. Because She is Older than the Snoodle!"

It was made of white and pink gum-drops, and they told her afterward
that the Snimmy had sat up all night to weep them. The Plynck
furnished the electricity by smiling every little while. This lit up
the pink and white gum-drops, till they looked like the tiny globes on
the Wooded Island at the Park. Of course this was in the daytime, but
the Plynck's smile was so much stronger than ordinary electricity that
even in daytime it shone with quite a dazzling effect.

All of her friends were there except Avrillia. Pirlaps had come and
brought all seventy of the children; he said Avrillia was coming on in
a moment, and kept looking down the path for her. The minute the
Kewpie saw Avrillia's children, he slid out of Sara's arms and ran to
them; and all that day Sara could hardly pick him out from the rest of
them. The Baby, too, kicked and cried and stretched out his hands
until one of the older children came and took him; and all day long
they passed him, too, from one to another, and he seemed perfectly
contented. The Teddy-Bear sat down in a quiet corner and shaded his
eyes from the lights; the Billiken strolled about with his hands in
his pockets, smiling at everything; and the Japanese doll went over
and took a seat on the steps of the prose-bush, where he was soon
discussing with Mrs. Snimmy the best way to stew onions.

There were so many of Avrillia's children and so many of the Gunki
that the Garden had a delightfully animated appearance. Yassuh was
there, carrying Pirlaps' step and the hand-bag with his shaving-things
and extra trousers; but as Avrillia hadn't come yet he hadn't used his
step, and his clothes were quite immaculate.

He now stepped up to Sara