`` I like it , '' said Demi , as if his approval was all that was necessary . `` It is the dearest play ever made ! '' cried Daisy , hugging her little dish-tub as she proposed to wash up the cups . `` I just wish everybody had a sweet cooking stove like mine , '' she added , regarding it with affection . `` This play out to have a name , '' said Demi , gravely removing the syrup from his countenance with his tongue . `` It has . '' `` Oh , what ? '' asked both children eagerly . `` Well , I think we will call it Pattypans , '' and Aunt Jo retired , satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam . CHAPTER VI . A FIRE BRAND `` Please , ma'am , could I speak to you ? It is something very important , '' said Nat , popping his head in at the door of Mrs. Bhaer 's room . It was the fifth head which had popped in during the last half-hour ; but Mrs. Jo was used to it , so she looked up , and said , briskly , `` What is it , my lad ? '' Nat came in , shut the door carefully behind him , and said in an eager , anxious tone , `` Dan has come . '' `` Who is Dan ? '' `` He 's a boy I used to know when I fiddled round the streets . He sold papers , and he was kind to me , and I saw him the other day in town , and told him how nice it was here , and he 's come . '' `` But , my dear boy , that is rather a sudden way to pay a visit . '' `` Oh , it is n't a visit ; he wants to stay if you will let him ! '' said Nat innocently .
`` Well , I do n't know about that , '' began Mrs. XXXXX , rather startled by the coolness of the proposition .
Bhaer Daisy Dan Demi Jo Nat Pattypans VI fifth sunbeam