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The little attic room

           "Why,Nancy,Nancywhatisit?"shecried; then,fearfully:"Thiswasn’tYOURroom,wasit?" "Myroom!"stormedNancy,hotly,chokingbackthetears. "Ifyouain’talittleangelstraightfromHeaven,andifsomefolksdon’teatdirtbeforeOh,land! there’sherbell!" Afterwhichamazingspeech,Nancysprangtoherfeet,dashedoutoftheroom,andwentclatteringdownthestairs. 

           Leftalone,Pollyannawentbacktoher"picture,"asshementallydesignatedthebeautifulviewfromthewindow. Afteratimeshetouchedthesashtentatively. Itseemedasifnolongercouldsheendurethestiflingheat. Toherjoythesashmovedunderherfingers. Thenextmomentthewindowwaswideopen,andPollyannawasleaningfarout,drinkinginthefresh,sweetair. 

           Sheranthentotheotherwindow. That,too,soonflewupunderhereagerhands. Abigflysweptpasthernose,andbuzzednoisilyabouttheroom. Thenanothercame,andanother; butPollyannapaidnoheed. Pollyannahadmadeawonderfuldiscoveryagainstthiswindowahugetreeflunggreatbranches. ToPollyannatheylookedlikearmsoutstretched,invitingher. Suddenlyshelaughedaloud. 

           "IbelieveIcandoit,"shechuckled. Thenextmomentshehadclimbednimblytothewindowledge. Fromthereitwasaneasymattertosteptothenearesttree-branch. Then,clinginglikeamonkey,sheswungherselffromlimbtolimbuntilthelowestbranchwasreached. ThedroptothegroundwasevenforPollyanna,whowasusedtoclimbingtreesalittlefearsome. Shetookit,however,withbatedbreath,swingingfromherstronglittlearms,andlandingonallfoursinthesoftgrass. Thenshepickedherselfupandlookedeagerlyabouther. 

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