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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>‘I don’t see how you can write and act such splendidthings, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!’ exclaimed Beth,who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted withwonderful genius in all things.‘Not quite,’ replied Jo modestly. ‘I do think THEWITCHES CURSE, an Operatic Tragedy is rather a nicething, but I’d like to try McBETH, if we only had atrapdoor for Banquo. I always wanted to do the killingpart. ‘Is that a dagger that I see before me?’ muttered Jo,rolling her eyes and clutching at the air, as she had seen afamous tragedian do.‘No, it’s the toasting fork, with Mother’s shoe on itinstead of the bread. Beth’s stage-struck!’ cried Meg, andthe rehearsal ended in a general burst of laughter.‘Glad to find you so merry, my girls,’ said a cheeryvoice at the door, and actors and audience turned towelcome a tall, motherly lady with a ‘can I help you’ lookabout her which was truly delightful. She was notelegantly dressed, but a noble-looking woman, and thegirls thought the gray cloak and unfashionable bonnetcovered the most splendid mother in the world.‘Well, dearies, how have you got on today? There wasso much to do, getting the boxes ready to go tomorrow,that I didn’t come home to dinner. Has anyone called,12 of 861

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