Where was Polly ? He looked this way and that way anxiously . Just as he was getting ready to go hunt for her , she came hurrying back . -LSB- Illustration : If Polly wanted to live there she should -RSB- `` I 've found a perfectly lovely place for our new home ! '' she cried . Johnny looked ruefully at the hole he had worked so hard to dig ; then he brushed the dirt from his clothes and followed her . This time Johnny had no fault to find with the ground . It was high and dry . But Polly had chosen a spot close to a road that wound down across the Green Meadows . Johnny shook his head doubtfully , but he began to dig . This time , however , he kept one eye on Polly Chuck , and the minute he found that she was wandering off , he stopped digging and chuckled as he watched her . It was n't long before back she came in great excitement . She had found a better place ! So they wandered over the Green Meadows , Polly leading the way . Johnny had learned by this time to waste no time digging . And he had made up his mind to one thing . What do you think it was ? It was this : He would follow Polly until she found a place to suit him , but when she did find such a place she should n't have a chance to change her mind again . XIV A NEW HOME AT LAST Home , no matter where it be , Or it be big or small , Is just the one place in the world That dearest is of all . Johnny Chuck was thinking of this as he worked with might and main .
It was a new house XXXXX he was building , but already he felt that it was home , and every time he thought of it he felt a queer little tugging at his heart .
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