Three Waifs And A Daddy

the long version

Jim had never planned to become their daddy but ten-year-old Ellie just knew that she and Billie and Arthur could depend on him. Jim Fleming would never let anyone send her and Billie to separate foster homes or put their baby brother up for adoption. And one day, Ellie thought serenely, Jim would get the princess lady to tell him her name. It was strange she wouldn't. Probably it had to do with some kind of spell. But Jim would just kiss her, then marry her, and they'd all live happily ever after.