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Chapter XXVI. The Story Club Is Formed

           JosiePyeandJuliaBelldidnot“speak”forthreemonths,becauseJosiePyehadtoldBessieWrightthatJuliaBell’sbowwhenshegotuptorecitemadeherthinkofachickenjerkingitshead,andBessietoldJulia.NoneoftheSloaneswouldhaveanydealingswiththeBells,becausetheBellshaddeclaredthattheSloaneshadtoomuchtodointheprogram,andtheSloaneshadretortedthattheBellswerenotcapableofdoingthelittletheyhadtodoproperly.Finally,CharlieSloanefoughtMoodySpurgeonMacPherson,becauseMoodySpurgeonhadsaidthatAnneShirleyputonairsaboutherrecitations,andMoodySpurgeonwas“licked”;consequentlyMoodySpurgeon’ssister,EllaMay,wouldnot“speak”toAnneShirleyalltherestofthewinter.Withtheexceptionofthesetriflingfrictions,workinMissStacy’slittlekingdomwentonwithregularityandsmoothness.

           Thewinterweeksslippedby.Itwasanunusuallymildwinter,withsolittlesnowthatAnneandDianacouldgotoschoolnearlyeverydaybywayoftheBirchPath.OnAnne’sbirthdaytheyweretrippinglightlydownit,keepingeyesandearsalertamidalltheirchatter,forMissStacyhadtoldthemthattheymustsoonwriteacompositionon“AWinter’sWalkintheWoods,”anditbehoovedthemtobeobservant.

           “Justthink,Diana,I’mthirteenyearsoldtoday,”remarkedAnneinanawedvoice.“IcanscarcelyrealizethatI’minmyteens.WhenIwokethismorningitseemedtomethateverythingmustbedifferent.You’vebeenthirteenforamonth,soIsupposeitdoesn’tseemsuchanoveltytoyouasitdoestome.

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