That tickled the boys, and they set up a shout of 

"Uncle had a little lamb!" 

But Rose hushed the noise by slipping into the circle, and making
them dance prettily like lads and lasses round a May-pole; while
Phebe, coming in with fresh water for the flowers, began to twitter,
chirp, and coo, as if all the birds of the air had come to join in the
spring revel of the eight cousins. 

For the sequel, see "The Rose in Bloom."
End of The Project Gutenberg Etext Eight Cousins, by Louisa M.  Alcott