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"Bless you, my cherub!" said mamma; "you shall tell me all about it

to-morrow Go and listen!" and then, as her eyes followed Louisa back

towards the attractive corner, she thought that if Fred wished her to

invite Mary again she wouldso

pleased with her

But presently the corner became stillhiirls all insisted that he must hear

Ruain He insisted too,

and Mary, without fuss, began again in her neat fashion, with precisely

the same words as before Fred, who had also seated himself near,

would have felt unmixed triumph in Mary's effectiveness if Mr

Farebrother had not been looking at her with evident admiration, while

he dramatized an intense interest in the tale to please the children

"You will never care any iant, Loo," said Fred

at the end

"Yes, I shall Tell about him now," said Louisa

"Oh, I dare say; I am quite cut out Ask Mr Farebrother"

"Yes," added Mary; "ask Mr Farebrother to tell you about the ants

whose beautiful house was knocked down by a giant naht they didn't mind because he couldn't hear them cry, or see them