In a stuffy attic without carpets, she is delighted by the view from the high window..

When offered a meal of bread and milk with the servant as a punishment , she is elated and thankful...

That's Pollyana. The orphaned eleven - year - old who has mmoved to live with her c old and stern maiden aunt , Polly , after her father's death. 

She calls it the 'glad game.' Her father had come up with it one Christmas, when instead of a doll she had found only a pair of crutches in the missionary barrel- being glad for we didn't need to use them.