Did n't Mamma tell you ? '' `` No . Oh , how splendid ! Am I really ? Where will I sleep ? What will Mammy do without me ? '' and Jill almost sat up , she was so delighted with the new surprise . `` That room in there is all fixed for you . I made Frank tell me so much . Mamma said I might tell you , but I did n't think she would be able to hold in if she saw you first . Your mother is coming , too , and we are all going to have larks together till we are well . '' The splendor of this arrangement took Jill 's breath away , and before she got it again , in came Frank and Ralph with two clothes-baskets of treasures to be hung upon the tree . While they wired on the candles the children asked questions , and found out all they wanted to know about the new plans and pleasures . `` Who fixed all this ? '' `` Mamma thought of it , and Ralph and I did it . He 's the man for this sort of thing , you know . He proposed cutting out the arches and sticking on birds and butterflies just where they looked best . I put those canaries over there , they looked so well against the blue ; '' and Frank proudly pointed out some queer orange-colored fowls , looking as if they were having fits in the air , but very effective , nevertheless . `` Your mother said you might call this the Bird Room . We caught a scarlet-tanager for you to begin with , did n't we , Jack ? ''
and XXXXX threw a bon-bon at Jill , who looked very like a bright little bird in a warm nest .
Frank Jack Jill Mammy Ralph canaries clothes-baskets first fowls scarlet-tanager