is going to be mine?" And her mother answered, "The
one with the window looking out on the garden."

And sure enough, when the little girl looked around there was the sun
shining right in through a window which looked out on a lovely garden!
She knelt right down on the window sill to look out.

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Then she heard some one say, "Little New Girl, why don't you take off
your things?" She turned around and there was Virginia talking to her.
"Because I don't know where to put them," said Little New Girl. "How
funny!" laughed Virginia, "because see, here are all the hooks right in
plain sight," and she pointed under the stairs. So the little girl took
off her hat and her mittens. Her mother had to unbutton the hard top
button but she did all the rest. Then she hung up everything on a hook.

"Goodbye," said her mother. "Goodbye," said Little New Girl. "Don't
forget to come for me because I don't know where anything is and I don't
know the children and I don't even know my teacher." And her mother
answered, "No, I won't." And then she was gone.

"Now, Little New Girl, what do you want to do?" said her teacher. But
the little girl only shook her head and said, "I don't know anything to
do." One little boy said, "Let me show Little New Girl something." And
what did he show her? He took her over to the shelves and he showed her
the blocks. "You can build a house or anything with them," said the
little boy.

Then another little girl said, "Let me show Little New Girl something."
And what did this other little girl show her? She showed her the dolls.
"You can put them into a house," said this other little girl.

"Who else can show Little New Girl something to do?" called her teacher.
"Will you, Robert?" So what did Robert show her? (Give child ample time
to think. If he does not respond go on.) Robert took her over to the
shelves and showed her the paper and crayons. "You can draw ever so many
pictures," said Robert.

Then Virginia said, "Let me show Little New Girl something." So what
did Virginia show her?--Virginia showed her the horses and wagons. "You
can harness them up," said Virginia.

Then Craig said, "Let _me_ show Little New Girl something." So what did
Craig show her?--Craig showed her the beads. "You can string them in
strings," said Craig.

Then Peter said, "Let _me_ show Little New Girl something." So what did
Peter show her?--Peter showed her the clay. "You can make anything you
want out of