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MR. BUNT

used to them — and you are so nice to talk to it's like having a real fairy. MR. BUNT

That's what I am, Miss Reber. ANNIE

And I'm going to have you come and play with me always. MR. BUNT

Why certainly, Miss Reber. ANNIE

And I can tell you all the things that Dabs doesn't understand and I don't want him to

know, anyway. MR. BUNT

Exactly. ANNIE

I'm sure it's very nice of you, Mr. Bunt. MR. BUNT

Oh, not at all, Miss Reber. ANNIE

You see, Mr. Bunt, I think it's because I'm so

lonely and want some one to talk to. Mummy is away all day, even to -day, Saturday, when there isn't any school or anything. Of course, there

is Dabs, but he just gets into one mess right after another, and I want someone I can really talk to. MR. BUNT

Of course you do.