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Excerpt: ...voice again. "O, I s'pose that baby'll stand at the door all day." But just then the knob turned, and in rushed Flyaway out of breath. "Good-morning, Miss Topknot," said Dotty, addressing her by one of the dove-names Horace was so fond of using. "O, I's pitty well," replied Flyaway, dancing across the room. "I didn't sleep any till las' night. I d'eamed awtul d'eams; so I kep' awake, and wouldn't go to sleep." And into bed climbed the little one, laying her head, with its tangled floss, right across Dotty's face. "Dear me " sighed Dotty, rubbing the floss out of her eyes. "Such hair I should think you wore a wig I'm sleepy; can't you let me be?" "You mus' wake up, Dottee I love to wake up; I can do it velly easy." Dotty, losing her patience, moved forward, pushing Katie towards the edge of the bed. "O, ho what a little bedstick I'll yole out " "I wish you would, Flyaway Clifford " No sooner said than done. Off rolled Flyaway, but alighted on her feet. "O, my shole," cried she, scrambling in again; "I fell down backboards. O, ho " Such good nature was not to be resisted. Sleepy Dotty waked up and smiled in spite of herself; and next minute her persecutor was skipping down stairs. "Glad she's gone. Now I'll put on my pretty morning dress; Aunt 'Ria hung it up in the closet. I'm going to be a little lady all the time I'm out West, and not jump off of things and tear my clothes." Then Dotty's mind strayed to a very different subject. "It is so queer God is in this country just the same as He is in the State of Maine I said my prayers to Him before I started, and there He was and heard; and now He's here and hears too; I don't see how. You can't think without He sees your thoughts." Dotty, brushing her hair, looked in the glass so intently that she did not observe her Aunt Maria, who had quietly entered the room. Mrs. Clifford was a wise woman, but she could not look into her niece's heart. She thought Dotty was admiring her own beauty in the...
| ISBN-13 | 9781443242806 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1443242802 |
| Weight | 0.21 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.13 In |
| List Price | $14.38 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 54 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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