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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>And when the lamps are lighted, it’s like looking at apicture to see the fire, and you all around the table withyour mother. Her face is right opposite, and it looks sosweet behind the flowers, I can’t help watching it. Ihaven’t got any mother, you know.’ And Laurie pokedthe fire to hide a little twitching of the lips that he couldnot control.The solitary, hungry look in his eyes went straight toJo’s warm heart. she had been so simply taught that therewas no nonsense in her head, and at fifteen she was asinnocent and frank as any child. Laurie was sick andlonely, and feeling how rich she was in home andhappiness, she gladly tried to share it with him. Her facewas very friendly and her sharp voice unusually gentle asshe said...‘We’ll never draw that curtain any more, and I giveyou leave to look as much as you like. I just wish, though,instead of peeping, you’d come over and see us. Mother isso splendid, she’d do you heaps of good, and Beth wouldsing to you if I begged her to, and Amy would dance.Meg and I would make you laugh over our funny stageproperties, and we’d have jolly times. Wouldn’t yourgrandpa let you?’86 of 861

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