Dick Comes to Stay.
Once upon a time there were three children, Jo, Bessie and
Fanny. They lived with their
mother and father in a little cottage deep in the country.
The girls had to help their mother
in the house, and Jo helped his father in the garden.
Now, one day their mother had a letter. She didn't very
often have letters, so the children
wondered what it was about.
"Listen!" she said. "This is something quite
exciting for you. Your cousin Dick is coming
to stay with us!"
"Ooh!" said all the children, pleased. Dick was
about the same age as Jo. He was a
merry boy, rather naughty, and it would be such fun to have
him.
"He can sleep with me in my little bedroom!" said
Jo. "Oh, Mother, what fun! When is he
coming?"
"To-morrow," said Mother. "You girls can put
up a little bed for him in Jo's room, and, Jo,
you must make room for Dick's things in your cupboard. He is
going to stay quite a long
time, because his mother is ill and can't look after
him."
The three children flew upstairs to get Jo's room ready for
Dick as well.
"I say! What will Dick say when we tell him about the
Enchanted Wood and the Faraway
Tree?" cried Jo.
