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Joel's black stubby head popped up, and he peered into the darkness. "Now, I've got to wait ever'n ever so long," he grumbled softly to himself. "No, there he goes!" he added joyfully, as Ben breathed hard. "Now, Dave," he rolled over and ducked under the blanket-end, "if you scream again, I'll snip, and snip, and snip you, most dreadful." "I won't," declared little David, fearfully.
We haven't had any cake at home for ever'n ever so long, 'cause mother was too sick to make it and Mrs. Sprott said it was as much as she could do to bake our bread for us. And Mrs. Wiggins never puts any plums in HER cakes. Catch her! Can I have another piece?" Marilla would have refused but Anne cut a generous second slice. However, she reminded Davy that he ought to say "Thank you" for it.
"What dreadful girls your mother always has!" said Susy; "it's too bad?" "I know of a girl," said Prudy, "one you'd like ever'n, ever so much, Flossy; only you can't have her." "Why not?" said Flossy; "my mother would go hundreds of leagues to get a good girl. Why can't she have her?" "O, 'cause, she's dead! It's Norah's cousin over to Ireland."
Joel squeezed past them through the doorway, and ran after him. "Please stop just a minute," he begged. "Hey?" said the doctor, turning his foot on the step. The tall girl in the hat with big red roses looked impatient enough, and beat her foot on the carriage floor, but Joel kept on. "I like you," he burst out, "ever'n ever so much."
"An' old old Bandy Legs'll catch catch me," mumbled David, digging his small knuckles into his eyes. "Old Bandy Legs has been dead ever'n ever so long. I guess a thousand years," said Joel; "an' there's flowers there oh, most beautiful ones!" "Are there?" asked David, taking down his hands. "What kinds, Joel?" "Oh, all sorts.
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