CHAPTER 2 Ironing Day
CHAPTER 2 Ironing Day
The next morning, it was still dark when Wendy climbed out of bed,
and it felt like the middle of the night when she crept into the kitchen.
Today she was going to do all the ironing as a birthday present for her mother.
Wendy smiled to herself. She did not think anyone should have to do ironing on her birthday.
The coal-fired stove was still smoldering from the night before.
Wendy took the irons from the rack above.
She had watched her mother do it
