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21 - Under the Lilacs (version 3, dramatic reading) by Louisa May Alcott · U.S. Marine Operations in Korea - The Pusan Perimeter

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty of Under the Lilacs by Louisa may Alcott.
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  Speaker 1: visit LibriVox dot org. Under the Lilacs by Louisa may Alcott,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty Ben's Birthday. A superb display of flags flapped
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  Speaker 1: gaily in the breeze on the September morning when Ben
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  Speaker 1: proudly entered his teens. An eruption of bunting seemed to
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  Speaker 1: have broken out all over the old house, for banners
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  Speaker 1: of every shape and size, color and design flew from
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  Speaker 1: chimney top to gable, porch and gateway, making the quiet
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  Speaker 1: place look as lively as a circus tent, which was
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  Speaker 1: just what Ben most desired and delighted in. The boys
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  Speaker 1: had been up very early to prepare the show, and
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  Speaker 1: when it was ready, enjoyed it hugely, for the fresh
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  Speaker 1: wind made the pennons cut strange capers. The winged lion
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  Speaker 1: of Venice looked as if trying to fly away home.
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  Speaker 1: The Chinese dragon appeared to brandish his forked tail as
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  Speaker 1: he clawed at the Burmese peacock. The double headed Eagle
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  Speaker 1: of Russia pecked at the Turkish crescent with one beak,
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  Speaker 1: while the other seemed to be screaming to the English
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  Speaker 1: Royal Beast, come.
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  Speaker 2: On and lend a pole.
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  Speaker 1: In the hurry of hoisting, the Siamese elephant got turned
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  Speaker 1: upside down and now danced gaily on his head, with
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  Speaker 1: the stars and stripes waving proudly over him. A green
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  Speaker 1: flag with a yellow harp and sprig of shamrock hung
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  Speaker 1: in side of the kitchen window, and Katie the cook
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  Speaker 1: got breakfast to the tune of Saint Patrick's Day. In
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  Speaker 1: the morning, Sancho's kennel was half hidden under a rustling
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  Speaker 1: paper imitation of the gorgeous Spanish banner, and the scarlet
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  Speaker 1: sun and moon flag of Arabia snapped and flaunted from
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  Speaker 1: the pole over the coach house as a delicate compliment
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  Speaker 1: to leta Arabian horses being considered the finest in the world.
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  Speaker 1: The little girls came out to sea and declared it
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  Speaker 1: was the loveliest sight they ever beheld, while Thorny played
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  Speaker 1: Hail Columbia on his fife, and Ben mounting the gate
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  Speaker 1: post crowed long and loud like a happy Cockerel, who
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  Speaker 1: had just reached his majority. He had been surprised and
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  Speaker 1: delighted with the gifts he found in his room on awaking,
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  Speaker 1: and guessed why miss Celia and Thorny gave him such
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  Speaker 1: pretty things, for among them was a match box made
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  Speaker 1: like a mouse trap. The doggy buttons and the horsey
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  Speaker 1: whip were treasures, indeed, for miss Celia had not given
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  Speaker 1: them when they first planned to do so, because Sancho's
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  Speaker 1: return seemed to be joy and reward enough for that occasion.
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  Speaker 1: But he did not forget to thank missus Moss for
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  Speaker 1: the cake she sent him, nor the girls for the
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  Speaker 1: red mittens which they they had secretly and painfully knit.
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  Speaker 1: Bab's was long and thin with a very pointed thumb,
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  Speaker 1: Betty short and wide with a stubby thumb, and all
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  Speaker 1: their mothers pulling and pressing could not make them look alike,
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  Speaker 1: to the great affliction of the little knitters. Ben however,
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  Speaker 1: assured them that he rather preferred odd ones, as then
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  Speaker 1: he could always tell which was right and which left.
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  Speaker 1: He put them on immediately and went about cracking the
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  Speaker 1: new whip with an expression of content which was droll
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  Speaker 1: to see. While the children followed after full of admiration
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  Speaker 1: for the hero of the day. They were very busy
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  Speaker 1: all the morning preparing for the festivities to come, and
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  Speaker 1: as soon as dinner was over, every one scrambled into
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  Speaker 1: his or her best clothes as fast as possible, because,
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  Speaker 1: although invited to come at two, impatient boys and girls
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  Speaker 1: were seen hovering about the avenue as early as one.
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  Speaker 1: The first to arrive, however, was an uninvited guest, for
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  Speaker 1: just as bab and Betty sat down on the porch
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  Speaker 1: steps in their stiff, pink calico frocks and white ruffled
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  Speaker 1: aprons to repose a moment before the party came in,
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  Speaker 1: a rustling was heard among the lilacs, and out stepped
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  Speaker 1: Alfred Tennyson Barlow, looking like a small robin hood in
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  Speaker 1: a green blouse, with a silver buckle on his broad belt,
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  Speaker 1: a feather in his little cap, and a bow in
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  Speaker 1: his hand.
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  Speaker 3: I have come to shoot. I heard about it. My
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  Speaker 3: Papa told me what arching meant? Will there be any
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  Speaker 3: little cakes? I like them?
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  Speaker 1: With these opening remarks, the poet took a seat and
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  Speaker 1: calmly awaited a response. The young ladies, I regret to say,
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  Speaker 1: giggled then, remembering their manners, hastened to inform him that
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  Speaker 1: there would be heaps of cakes, also that miss Celia
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  Speaker 1: would not mind his coming without an invitation. They were
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  Speaker 1: quite sure.
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  Speaker 3: She asked me to come that day. I have been
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  Speaker 3: very busy. I had measles. Do you have them here?
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  Speaker 1: Asked the guest, as if anxious to compare notes on
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  Speaker 1: the sad subject.
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  Speaker 4: We had ours ever so long ago. What have you
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  Speaker 4: been doing besides having measled?
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  Speaker 1: Said Betty, showing a polite interest.
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  Speaker 3: I had a fight with a bumblebee.
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  Speaker 1: Who beat demanded Bab.
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  Speaker 3: I did. I ran away and he couldn't catch me.
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  Speaker 4: Can you shoot nicely?
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  Speaker 3: I hit a cow? She did not mind at all.
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  Speaker 3: I guess she thought it was a fly.
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  Speaker 5: Did your mother know you were coming.
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  Speaker 1: Asked Bab, feeling an interest in runaways.
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  Speaker 3: No, she is gone to drive, so I could not
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  Speaker 3: ask her.
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  Speaker 4: It is very long to disobey. My Sunday school book
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  Speaker 4: says that children that are naughty that way never go to.
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  Speaker 1: Heaven, observed virtuous Betty in a warning tone.
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  Speaker 3: I do not wish to go.
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  Speaker 1: Was the startling reply. Why not, asked Betty severely.
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  Speaker 3: They don't have any dirt there. My Mama says, so,
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  Speaker 3: I am fond of dirt. I shall stay here where
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  Speaker 3: there is plenty.
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  Speaker 1: Of it, And the candid youth began to grub in
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  Speaker 1: the mold with the satisfaction of a genuine boy.
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  Speaker 4: I'm afraid a very bad child.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yes, i am. My pop often says so, and
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  Speaker 3: he knows all about.
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  Speaker 1: It, replied Alfred, with an involuntary wriggle suggestive of painful memories. Then,
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  Speaker 1: as if anxious to change the conversation from its somewhat
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  Speaker 1: personal channel, he asked, pointing to a row of grinning
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  Speaker 1: heads above the wall.
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  Speaker 3: Do you shoot it those?
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  Speaker 1: Bab and Betty looked up quickly and recognized the familiar
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  Speaker 1: faces of their friends, peering down at them like a
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  Speaker 1: choice collection of trophies or targets. I should think you'd
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  Speaker 1: be ashamed to peek before the party was cried Bab,
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  Speaker 1: frowning darkly upon the merry young ladies.
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  Speaker 4: Miss Celia atas to come for two and be ready
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  Speaker 4: to receive folk if she wasn't down.
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  Speaker 1: Added Betty, importantly, it is striking two. Now come along, girls,
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  Speaker 1: and over scrambled sally fulsom followed by three or four
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  Speaker 1: Kindred spirits just as their hostess appeared.
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  Speaker 2: You look like Amazon's Stormy Afford.
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  Speaker 1: She said, as the girls came up, each carrying her
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  Speaker 1: bow and arrows, while green ribbons flew in every direction.
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  Speaker 2: How do you do, sir? I have been hoping you
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  Speaker 2: will call.
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  Speaker 1: Again, added miss Celia, shaking hands with the pretty boy,
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  Speaker 1: who regarded with benign interest the giver of little cakes.
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  Speaker 1: Here a rush of boys took place, and further remarks
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  Speaker 1: were cut short, for everyone was in a hurry to begin,
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  Speaker 1: so the procession was formed at once, miss Celia taking
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  Speaker 1: the lead, escorted by Ben in the post of honor,
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  Speaker 1: while the boys and girls pared off behind arm in arm,
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  Speaker 1: bow on shoulder in martial array. Thorny and Billy were
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  Speaker 1: the band and marched before, fifing and drumming Yankee doodle
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  Speaker 1: with a vigor which kept feet moving briskly, made eyes sparkle,
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  Speaker 1: and young hearts dance under the gay gowns and summer jackets.
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  Speaker 1: The interesting Stranger was elected to bear the prize, laid
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  Speaker 1: out on a red pin cushion, and did so with
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  Speaker 1: great dignity as he went beside the standard bearer, Cy Fay,
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  Speaker 1: who bore Ben's choicest flag, snow white with a green
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  Speaker 1: wreath surrounding a painted bow and arrow, and with the
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  Speaker 1: letters W T C done in red below. Such a
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  Speaker 1: merry march all about the place out at the lodge gate,
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  Speaker 1: up and down the avenue, along the winding paths, till
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  Speaker 1: they halted in the orchard where the target stood and
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  Speaker 1: sea were placed for the archers. While they waited for
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  Speaker 1: their turns, various rules and regulations were discussed, and then
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  Speaker 1: the fun began. Miss Celia had insisted that the girls
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  Speaker 1: should be invited to shoot with the boys, and the
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  Speaker 1: lads consented without much concern, whispering to one another with
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  Speaker 1: condescending shrugs.
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  Speaker 2: Let a try if they like, they can't do anything.
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  Speaker 1: There were various trials of skill before the great match
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  Speaker 1: came off, and in these trials the young gentlemen discovered
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  Speaker 1: that two at least of the girls could do something
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  Speaker 1: for Bab and Sally shot better than many of the boys,
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  Speaker 1: and were well rewarded for their exertions by the change
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  Speaker 1: which took place in the faces and conversations of their mates.
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  Speaker 6: Why Bab, you do as well as if I talk to.
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  Speaker 1: You myself, said Thorny much surprised and not altogether pleased
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  Speaker 1: at the little girl's skill.
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  Speaker 4: A lady taught me, and I mean to beat every one.
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  Speaker 1: Of you, answered Bab saucily, while her sparkling eyes turned
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  Speaker 1: to Miss Celia with a mischievous twinkle in them. Not
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  Speaker 1: a bit of it, declared Thorny stoutly. But he went
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  Speaker 1: to Ben and whispered, do.
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  Speaker 6: Your best, old fellow, for sister has taught Bab all
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  Speaker 6: the scientific points, and the little rascal is ahead of Billy.
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  Speaker 7: She won't get ahead of me.
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  Speaker 1: Said Ben, picking out his best arrow and trying the
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  Speaker 1: string of his bow with the confident air which reassured Thorny,
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  Speaker 1: who found it impossible to believe that a girl ever could, would,
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  Speaker 1: or should excel a boy in anything he cared to try.
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  Speaker 1: It really did look as if Bab would beat. When
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  Speaker 1: the match for the prize came off, and the children
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  Speaker 1: got more and more excited as the six who were
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  Speaker 1: to try for it took turns at the bull's eye,
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  Speaker 1: Thorny was umpire and kept account of each shot, for
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  Speaker 1: the arrow which went nearest the middle would win. Each
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  Speaker 1: had three shots, and very soon the lookers on saw
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  Speaker 1: that Ben and Bab were the best marksmen, and one
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  Speaker 1: of them would surely get the silver arrow. Sam, who
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  Speaker 1: was too lazy to practice, soon gave up the contest, saying,
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  Speaker 1: as Thorny did.
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  Speaker 3: It wouldn't be fair for such a big bellow to
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  Speaker 3: try with the little.
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  Speaker 1: Chaps, which made a laugh, as his want of skill
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  Speaker 1: was painfully evident. But Mose went at it gallantly, and
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  Speaker 1: if his eye had been as true as his arms
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  Speaker 1: were strong, the little chaps would have trembled. But his
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  Speaker 1: shots were none of them as near as Billy's, and
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  Speaker 1: he retired after the third failure, declaring that it was
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  Speaker 1: impossible to shoot against the wind. Though scarcely a breath
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  Speaker 1: was stirring, sally Fulsom was bound to beat Bab and
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  Speaker 1: twanged away in great style. All in vain, however, as
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  Speaker 1: with tall Maria Newcombe, the third girl who attempted the trial,
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  Speaker 1: being a little near sighted, she had borrowed her sister's
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  Speaker 1: eyeglasses and thereby lessened her chance of success, for the
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  Speaker 1: pinch on her nose distracted her attention, and not one
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  Speaker 1: of her arrows went beyond the second ring, to her
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  Speaker 1: great disappointment. Billy did very well, but got nervous when
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  Speaker 1: his last shot came and just missed the bull's eye
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  Speaker 1: by being in a hurry. Bab and Ben each had
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  Speaker 1: one turn more, and as they were about even that
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  Speaker 1: last arrow would decide the victory. Both had sent a
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  Speaker 1: shot into the bull's eye, but neither was exactly in
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  Speaker 1: the middle, so there was room to do better even
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  Speaker 1: and the children crowded round, crying eagerly.
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  Speaker 3: Now Ben no Ba, Ben beat him Bab.
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  Speaker 1: While Thorny looked as anxious as if the fate of
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  Speaker 1: the country depended on the success of his man. Bab's
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  Speaker 1: turn came first, and as miss Celia examined her bow
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  Speaker 1: to see that all was right, the little girl said,
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  Speaker 1: with her eyes on her rival's excited face.
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  Speaker 4: I want to beat, but Ben will feel so bad.
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  Speaker 2: I most hope I shan't lose their prize. Sometimes makes
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  Speaker 2: one happier than gaining it. You have proved that you
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  Speaker 2: could do better than most of them, so if you
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  Speaker 2: do not beat, you may still.
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  Speaker 1: Feel proud, answered miss Celia, giving back the bow with
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  Speaker 1: a smile that said more than her words. It seemed
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  Speaker 1: to give Bab a new idea, for in a minute,
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  Speaker 1: all sorts of recollections, wishes and plans rushed through her
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  Speaker 1: lively little mind, and she followed a sudden, generous impulse
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  Speaker 1: as blindly as she often did a wilful one.
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  Speaker 3: I guess he'll beat.
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  Speaker 1: She said softly, with a quick sparkle of the eyes,
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  Speaker 1: as she stepped to her place and fired without taking
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  Speaker 1: her usual careful aim. Her shot struck almost as near
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  Speaker 1: the center on the right as her last one had
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  Speaker 1: hit on the left, and there was a shout of
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  Speaker 1: delight from the girls as Thorny announced it before he
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  Speaker 1: hurried back to Ben, whispering anxiously.
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  Speaker 6: Steady old man's you must beat that, or we shall
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  Speaker 6: never hear the last of it.
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  Speaker 1: Ben did not say she won't get ahead of me,
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  Speaker 1: as he had said at the first. He set his teeth,
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  Speaker 1: threw off his hat and knitting his brows with a
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  Speaker 1: resolute expression, prepared to take steady aim, though his heart
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  Speaker 1: beat fast and his thumb trembled as he pressed it
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  Speaker 1: on the bowstring. I hope you'll beat, I truly do,
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  Speaker 1: said Bab at his elbow, and as if the breath
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  Speaker 1: that framed the generous wish helped it on its way,
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  Speaker 1: the arrow flew straight to the bull's eye, hitting apparently
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  Speaker 1: the very spot where Bab's best shot had left a hole.
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  Speaker 1: That's one time, cried the girls, as a general rush
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  Speaker 1: took place toward the target.
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  Speaker 6: No, Ben, nearest Bean's me.
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  Speaker 1: Shouted the boys, throwing up their hats. There was only
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  Speaker 1: a hair's breadth difference, and Bab could honestly have dis
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  Speaker 1: disputed the decision, but she did not, though for an
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  Speaker 1: instant she could not help wishing that the cry had
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  Speaker 1: been Bab's beat Hurrah, it sounded so pleasant. Then she
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  Speaker 1: saw Ben's beaming face, Thorny's intense relief, and caught the
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  Speaker 1: look Miss Celia sent her over the heads of the
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  Speaker 1: boys and decided, with a sudden, warm glow all over
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  Speaker 1: her little face, that losing a prize did sometimes make
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  Speaker 1: one happier than winning it. Up went her best hat,
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  Speaker 1: and she burst out in a shrill rah rah rah
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  Speaker 1: that sounded very funny, coming all alone after the general
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  Speaker 1: clamor had subsided.
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  Speaker 6: Good for you, Bab, you are an honor to the club,
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  Speaker 6: and I'm proud of you.
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  Speaker 1: Said Prince Thorny with a hearty handshake, For as his
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  Speaker 1: man had won, he could afford to praise the rival
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  Speaker 1: who had put him on his medal. Though she was
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  Speaker 1: a girl, Bab was much uplifted by the royal commendation,
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  Speaker 1: but a few minutes later felt pleased as well as proud,
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  Speaker 1: when Ben, having received the prize, came to her as
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  Speaker 1: she stood behind a tree, sucking her blistered thumb while
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  Speaker 1: Betty braided up her disheveled locks.
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  Speaker 7: I think it would be fair to call the tie, Bab,
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  Speaker 7: for it really was, and I want you to wear this.
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  Speaker 7: I wanted the fun of beating, but I don't care
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  Speaker 7: a bit for this girl's thing. I'd rather see it
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  Speaker 7: on you.
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  Speaker 1: As he spoke, Ben offered the rosette of green ribbon
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  Speaker 1: which held the silver arrow, and Bab's eyes brightened as
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  Speaker 1: they fell upon the pretty ornament, for to her, the
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  Speaker 1: girl's thing was almost as good as the victory. Oh no,
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  Speaker 1: you must wear.
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  Speaker 2: It to show who won.
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  Speaker 3: Miss Celia won't like it.
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  Speaker 4: I don't mind not getting it. I did better than
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  Speaker 4: all the rest, and I guess I shouldn't like to beat.
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  Speaker 1: You, answered Bab, unconsciously putting into childish words the sweet
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  Speaker 1: generosity which makes so many sisters glad to see their
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  Speaker 1: brothers carry off the prizes of life while they are
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  Speaker 1: content to know that they have earned them and can
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  Speaker 1: do without the praise. But if Bab was generous, Ben
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  Speaker 1: was just, and, though he could not explain the feeling,
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  Speaker 1: would not consent to take all the glory without giving
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  Speaker 1: his little friend a share.
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  Speaker 7: You must wear it. I shall feel real mean if
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  Speaker 7: you don't. He worked harder than I did. There's only
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  Speaker 7: luck my getting this. Do Bab to please.
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  Speaker 1: Me, he persisted, awkwardly, trying to fasten the ornament in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of Bab's white apron.
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  Speaker 4: Then I will now do you forgive me for losing.
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  Speaker 1: Sancho, asked Bab with a wistful look, which made Ben
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  Speaker 1: say heartily.
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  Speaker 7: I did that when he came home.
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  Speaker 3: And you don't think I'm worried.
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  Speaker 7: Not a bit of it. Your first rate. Now stand
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  Speaker 7: by you like a man, for you're most as good
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  Speaker 7: as a boy.
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  Speaker 1: Cried Ben, anxious to deal handsomely with his feminine rival,
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  Speaker 1: whose skill had raised her immensely in his opinion, feeling
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  Speaker 1: that he could not improve that last compliment. Bab was
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  Speaker 1: fully satisfied and let him leave the prize upon her breast,
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  Speaker 1: conscious that she had some claim to it.
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  Speaker 2: That his worst ship Pie and Ben is a true
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  Speaker 2: knight when in the prise that he may give it
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  Speaker 2: to his lady. Why is content with the victory.
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  Speaker 1: Said miss Celia laughingly to teacher, as the children ran
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  Speaker 1: off to join in the riotous games which soon made
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  Speaker 1: the orchard ring.
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  Speaker 5: He learned that at the circus Tunneaments, as he calls them,
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  Speaker 5: he is a nice boy, and I am much interested
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  Speaker 5: in him, for he has the two things that do
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  Speaker 5: most toward making a man, patience and.
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  Speaker 1: Courage, answered teacher, also as she watched the young knight
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  Speaker 1: play and the honored lady tearing about in a game
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  Speaker 1: of tag.
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  Speaker 2: Bab's a nice child, too.
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  Speaker 1: Said miss Celia.
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  Speaker 2: She is as quick as a flash to catch an
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  Speaker 2: idea and carry it out, though very often the ideas
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  Speaker 2: are wild ones. She could have one just now, as
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  Speaker 2: if she had tried, but took the notion into her
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  Speaker 2: head that it was nobler to let Ben win, and
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  Speaker 2: so a tone for the trouble she gave him in
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  Speaker 2: losing the dog. I saw a very sweet look on
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  Speaker 2: her face just now, and I'm sure that Ben would
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  Speaker 2: never know why he beat.
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  Speaker 5: She does such things at school sometimes, and I can't
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  Speaker 5: bear to spoil her little atonements, though they are not
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  Speaker 5: always needed.
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  Speaker 1: Or very wise, answered teacher.
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  Speaker 5: Not long ago I found that she had been giving
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  Speaker 5: her lunch day after day to a poor child who
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  Speaker 5: seldom had any. And when I asked her why, she
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  Speaker 5: said with tears, I used to laugh at Abbey because
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  Speaker 5: she had only crusty, dry bread, and so she wouldn't
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  Speaker 5: bring any I ought to give her mind and be hungry.
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  Speaker 5: It was so mean to make fun of her poorness.
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  Speaker 2: Did you stop the sacrifice? No?
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  Speaker 5: I let bab go hal and added an extra bit
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  Speaker 5: to my own lunch so I could make my contribution.
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  Speaker 2: Likewise, come and tell me about Abby. I want to
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  Speaker 2: make friends with our poor people. Presume I shall have
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  Speaker 2: a right to help them.
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  Speaker 1: And putting her arm in teachers, miss Celia led her
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  Speaker 1: away for a quiet chat in the porch, making her
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  Speaker 1: guests visit a happy holiday by confiding several plans and
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  Speaker 1: asking advice in the friendliest way. End of chapter twenty