noon
They thought that way of eating lunch was lots of fun and Mary Jane well remembered how big and important she felt the first day mother allowed her to carry her own tray -LRB- with the glass of milk on mother 's tray for safe keeping , of course -RRB- and to hold it on her own lap like big folks instead of sitting up to the piano bench like a baby ! Mary Jane felt bigger that day than she ever had in all her life . Just as she had picked up her tray and was going out of the kitchen on this particular noon , the new laundress came up from the laundry . Of course that was n't so very unusual for Mary Jane often met the laundress in the kitchen at noon time , but it was unusual to have the laundress step up and lay something on her tray . Mary Jane had to hold tight to keep from spilling something she was so surprised ! `` I guess this must be yours , little girl , '' the laundress said , `` I found it in one of the sheets . '' And Mary Jane looked and saw her Kewpie that she had hunted so hard to find .