INTRODUCING JIMMY
August came. August brought several surprises and some
changes--none of which, however, were really a surprise to Nancy.
Nancy, since Pollyanna's arrival, had come to look for surprises
and changes.
First there was the kitten.
Pollyanna found the kitten mewing pitifully some distance down
the road. When systematic questioning of the neighbors failed to
find any one who claimed it, Pollyanna brought it home at once,
as a matter of course.
"And I was glad I didn't find any one who owned it, too," she
told her aunt in happy confidence; " 'cause I wanted to bring it
home all the time. I love kitties. I knew you'd be glad to let it
live here."
Miss Polly looked at the forlorn little gray bunch of neglected
misery in Pollyanna's arms, and shivered: Miss Polly did not
care for cats--not even pretty, healthy, clean ones.
"Ugh! Pollyanna! What a dirty little beast! And it's sick, I'm
sure, and all mangy and fleay."
"I know it, poor little thing," crooned Pollyanna, tenderly,
looking into the little creature's frightened eyes.
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