trying-to-be-good

Updated: August 19, 2026

Every one laughed over it; for, besides the bad spelling and the funny periods, it was covered with oil-spots, blots, and tear marks; for Poppy got tender-hearted toward the end, and cried a few very repentant tears when she said, "I love you; your trying-to-be-good Poppy."

Louisa May Alcott - Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc.