Bei einem letzten Ausflug in den Park kommt es zu einem tränenreichen Abschied, bei dem Mrs. Carew Jamie noch einmal bittet, bei ihr zu bleiben. Jamie sagt endlich ja, da er nun überzeugt ist, dass Frau Carew wirklich ihn selbst und nicht nur einen Ersatz für ihren vermißten Jamie sucht. Nun kann Pollyanna unbesorgt wieder nach Beldingsville fahren, wo sie ihre Tante freudig begrüßt. Nach kurzer Zeit jedoch läuft sie gleich zu Jimmy, der sie nicht vom Bahnhof abgeholt hat. Sie will ihm unbedingt von dem kleinen Jamie erzählen und ist überzeugt, dass er sich auch für den kleinen Jamie freut. Aber Jimmy reagiert sehr gereizt und erzählt Pollyanna schließlich, dass er selbst eigentlich auch Jamie heißt. Sein Vater mochte den Namen jedoch nicht und nannte ihn deswegen Jimmy.
Pollyanna's collaborative ecstasy with Sadie and James as Perkins drives off obfuscates Ruth being quite unhappy about having to chaperone three kids on what was meant to be a one-on-one outing for Pollyanna and her; not only do Sadie and James get along well much to Pollyanna's delight, Ruth becomes ill at ease by a not-at-all-small margin when James explains Sadie the prologue of his Jolly Book as a means of coping with his defunct power-train and the sporadic sustenance availability during a stopover at a park. Pollyanna also explaining Sadie the prologue behind the »Glad Game« obfuscates Ruth's prosecution of some crucial cerebral computations -- the early fruit of which manifests itself when James expresses regret about Mickey and his mother having to work while he is out sightseeing; consciences now set at ease, the sightseeing tour continues. Pollyanna is dejected that she could not successfully locate Jaime Kent but is surprised at Ruth's reaction to the name Jimmy Bean complete with Mr. Pendleton's perspective of what makes a home; a nocturnal session of weeping in frustration later, the next day's euphoric diurnal engagement brings to the forefront the anguishing reality that all three kids will have to say a near-permanent goodbye to each other at the end of the day even with Pollyanna pointing out that they are all under the same sky. This prompts Ruth to make one last-ditch entreaty to James of concurrent residence whose success ends Pollyanna's final day in Boston and gives her quite a dynamic topic of conversation upon her return to Beldingsville with Della that has the news of Ruth inquiring Dr. Ames about whether James's power-train is truly irreparable; still, there is the question of Jimmy's frigidity as of late. The ultimate reality of the matter is that Jimmy is not hostile to Pollyanna coming to visit him after returning from Boston with a fully functional power-train; still, Pollyanna's overzealousness with the news of Ruth adopting James il
