it," said Peter.

Then Tom said, "Let _me_ show Little New Girl something." So what did
Tom show her? Tom showed her the saw and hammer and nails. "You can saw
or hammer nails," said Tom.

Then Barbara said, "Let me show Little New Girl something." So what did
Barbara show her? Barbara showed her the paper and scissors. "You can
cut out anything you want," said Barbara.

"Now Little New Girl, what do you want to do?" said her teacher. And
this time the little girl jumped right up and down and said, "I'm glad!
I want to do everything." "But which thing first?" asked her teacher.
"Let me watch," the Little New Girl said.

So Little New Girl stood quite still. She saw Robert go and get some
paper and crayons and sit down at his little table to draw. She saw
Virginia get some horses and harness and sit down at her little table to
harness them. She saw Craig get some beads and sit down at his little
table to string them. She saw Peter get the clay and sit down at his
little table to model. She saw Tom go to the bench and begin to saw a
piece of wood. She saw Barbara get some paper and scissors and paste and
sit down at her little table to cut out and to paste.

Then she said, "I want to draw first." So she took some paper and some
colored crayons and she sat down at a little table near the window
looking out on the garden. There she drew and she drew and she drew. And
she didn't feel like a Little New Girl at all for now she knew where
everything was and she knew all the children and she knew her teacher.

THE ROOM WITH THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT ON THE GARDEN

I know a yellow room
With great big sliding doors
And a window on the side
Looking out upon a garden.
There's a balcony above
With a bench for carpenters
With planes and saws and hammers,
Bang! bang! with nails and hammers.
There are hooks beneath the stairs
To hang up hats and coats,
And nearby there's a sink
With everybody's cup.
There's a rope and there's a slide
Zzzip! but there's a slide.
There are shelves and shelves and shelves
With colored silk and beads,
With paper and with crayons,
And a great big crock with clay.
And the're blocks and blocks and blocks
And blocks and blocks and blocks
And the're horses there and wagons
And cows and dogs and sheep,
And men and women, boys and girls
With clothes upon them too.
And then the're cars to make