Happy Valley 23 



was so wonderful to find this pretty little valley and 

 the house just when things had become so discour- 

 aging and the oranges and bananas were not so 

 bad for a dinner and the spring was just lovely 



and 



What was that noise at her door! Edna sat up 

 suddenly in bed and listened. The first rays of the 

 morning sun were streaming through her window. 



*'Lo," came a soft childish voice, while little hands 

 fumbled at the bamboo fastenings. 



"That you, Snowball P " 



*'Lo," he answered. In he came, holding one end 

 of his sash in his hand and dragging the other along 

 the dirt floor. He had evidently got into trouble 

 when he tried to dress himself, so he sought Edna 

 as the quickest solution. After both were dressed 

 to their mutual satisfaction, Snowball led the way 

 to the kitchen again and began tugging at a closet 

 which he could not open and which they had over- 

 looked on their previous visit, x^s soon as it was 

 opened, he disappeared within and came out chew- 

 ing the end of a stick of sugarcane. 



This closet solved a problem which Edna had 

 been turning over in her mind since she passed the 

 table under the royal palm namely, breakfast. 

 Oranges and bananas were good, but the inner man 



