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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>went about with forlorn faces, which were rather beliedby explosions of laughter when the two got together.Several days of unusually mild weather fitly ushered ina splendid Christmas Day. Hannah ‘felt in her bones’ thatit was going to be an unusually fine day, and she provedherself a true prophetess, for everybody and everythingseemed bound to produce a grand success. To begin with,Mr. March wrote that he should soon be with them, thenBeth felt uncommonly well that morning, and, beingdressed in her mother’s gift, a soft crimson merinowrapper, was borne in high triumph to the window tobehold the offering of Jo and Laurie. The Unquenchableshad done their best to be worthy of the name, for likeelves they had worked by night and conjured up a comicalsurprise. Out in the garden stood a stately snow maiden,crowned with holly, bearing a basket of fruit and flowersin one hand, a great roll of music in the other, a perfectrainbow of an Afghan round her chilly shoulders, and aChristmas carol issuing from her lips on a pink paperstreamer.THE JUNGFRAU TO BETHGod bless you, dear Queen Bess!May nothing you dismay,383 of 861

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