"Yes," answered Mr. Brown. "Lucile and Mart have found their relatives,
and I hope they never lose them again."
"That's fine!" cried the blind man. "This will be a jolly Christmas for
everybody!"
And so it was, and no one was happier than Lucile and Mart that they had
found their missing uncle and aunt.
"Oh, I can sing my last song so much more happily now!" said Lucile
softly.
"And I'm going to turn three flipflops instead of one!" cried Mart.
"And I'll help you!" added Bunny Brown, and every one laughed again. It
was a merry, happy, jolly time, just right for Christmas.
"Well, all ready now, children!" called Mr. Treadwell when Mr. Brown had
taken his seat. "Now for the last grand chorus then the final curtain
and the play will be over!"
Once more the piano played, and then the children, led by Lucile, lifted
up their sweet voices in song. And it seemed to be a hymn of
thanksgiving for the two children who had found their lost ones.
Circling around the tree in the stage orchard marched Bunny Brown, his
sister Sue, and the other children. Then out danced Mr. Treadwell, in
another funny suit, and then, all at once, out from the wings rushed
Splash the dog. He stood up on his hind legs put his paws on Mr.
Treadwell's shoulders, and marched across the stage that way, while the
audience clapped and Bunny and Sue stared with wide-opened eyes.
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