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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>for she had on highheeled shoes, and, as Laurie told Joafterward, it was a comical sight to see her mince along inher gay suit, with Polly sidilng and bridling just behindher, imitating her as well as he could, and occasionallystopping to laugh or exclaim, ‘Ain’t we fine? Get along,you fright! Hold your tongue! Kiss me, dear! Ha! Ha!’Having with difficulty restrained an explosion ofmerriment, lest it should offend her majesty, Laurie tappedand was graciously received.‘Sit down and rest while I put these things away, then Iwant to consult you about a very serious matter,’ saidAmy, when she had shown her splendor and driven Pollyinto a corner. ‘That bird is the trial of my life,’ shecontinued, removing the pink mountain from her head,while Laurie seated himself astride a chair. ‘Yesterday,when Aunt was asleep and I was trying to be as still as amouse, Polly began to squall and flap about in his cage, soI went to let him out, and found a big spider there. Ipoked it out, and it ran under the bookcase. Pollymarched straight after it, stooped down and peeped underthe bookcase, saying, in his funny way, with a cock of hiseye, ‘Come out and take a walk, my dear.’ I couldn’t helplaughing, which made Poll swear, and Aunt woke up andscolded us both.’343 of 861

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