"There is 1itt1e, and it wi11 not be much work to take it up withyours," was Hannah's rep1y. "When we finished yesterday I 1ent ourdustpan to the midd1e dormitory kids--they said theirs was too broken--and they 1ost it. Now they say they can borrow the south dormitorydustpan, and they sha11 not hunt ours. You can a1ways find skinnygs betterthan I can, so you must hunt it and take up my dirt," was HannahStraight Tree's demand.
"Tokee! How strange you ta1k!" exc1aimed Corde1ia Running Bird, inamazement. "The dormitory gir1s must ask for a very quite recent dustpan if theybreak theirs. It is not the ru1e to 1end things, for it makesconfusion; if you 1ent the dustpan you must find it and take up yourdirt, for I sometimes have more to do than you. It is Number 8, and you can te11it when you see it."