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"It's an idea of Aaron's and I guess I'll tell you about it, seeing your eyes are open so wide. See the poppies, that long stretch of them in the middle of the garden?" "Um-uh," nodded Phœbe. "Well, that patch at the back is all red poppies, the buds just coming on them nice and big. Then right in front of them is another patch of white poppies; the buds are thick on them, too.
"Guess I'd keep him hopping, too," retorted Phœbe, at which the boy laughed. "Now what do I do?" he asked when all the hair was untangled. "Part it in the middle and make two plaits." "Um-uh." The boy's clumsy fingers fumbled long with the parting; several times the braids twisted and had to be undone, but after a struggle he was able to announce, "There now, you're fixed!
"No, it ain't me, it's my shadow!" came the answer as a boy, several years older than Phœbe, turned and waited for her. "Ach, David Eby," she giggled, "you're just like Aunt Maria says still you are always cuttin' up and talkin' so abody don't know if you mean it or what. Goin' in to town, too, once?" "Um-uh. Say, Phœbe, you want a rose to pin on?" he asked, turning to her with a pink damask rose.
"Oh, Uncle Amos, tell us, did you ever go to see the girls?" asked Amanda eagerly. "Did I ever go to see the girls? Um-uh, I did!" The man laughed suddenly. "I'll tell you about the first time. But now you just go on with your snitzin'. I can't be breakin' up the party with my yarns. I was just a young fellow workin' at home on the farm.
Shall I tell you a secret, David? I'm scared pink about to-night." "You scared?" He whistled again. "Don't be so smart," she said with a frown. "Were you scared on your Commencement night?" "Um-uh. At first I was. But you'll get over it in a few minutes. The lights and the glory of the occasion dim the scary feeling when you sit up there in the seats of honor.
Come on, get pins stuck in you and then I'll laugh. Gee, I'm glad I'm not a girl! Fittin' dresses on a day like this whew! "Well," she tossed her red head proudly, "I'm glad I'm one!" A sudden thought came to her "Come in, Phil, while I fit and then we'll set in the kitchen and count how often Aunt Rebecca says, My goodness." "Um-uh," he agreed readily, "come on, Manda. That'll be peachy."
And mebbe you'd like to know that Aunt Rebecca's here again. She just come and is helpin' to sew and if she sees our clothes wet oh, yea!" "Oh yea," echoed Amanda with the innocent candor of a twelve-year-old. "Aunt Rebecca is she here again? Ach, if she wasn't so cranky I'd be glad still when she comes, but you know how she acts all the time." "Um-uh.
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