Cousin Lucy's Conversations

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Abbott Jacob. Cousin Lucy's Conversations

NOTICE

CONVERSATION I. THE TREASURY

CONVERSATION II. DEFINITIONS

CONVERSATION III. THE GLEN

CONVERSATION IV. A PRISONER

CONVERSATION V. TARGET PAINTING

CONVERSATION VI. MIDNIGHT

CONVERSATION VII. JOANNA

CONVERSATION VIII. BUILDING

CONVERSATION IX. EQUIVOCATION

CONVERSATION X. JOHNNY

CONVERSATION XI. GETTING LOST

CONVERSATION XII. LUCY’S SCHOLAR

CONVERSATION XIII. SKETCHING

CONVERSATION XIV. DANGER

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One day in summer, when Lucy was a very little girl, she was sitting in her rocking-chair, playing keep school. She had placed several crickets and small chairs in a row for the children’s seats, and had been talking, in dialogue, for some time, pretending to hold conversations with her pupils. She heard one read and spell, and gave another directions about her writing; and she had quite a long talk with a third about the reason why she did not come to school earlier. At last Lucy, seeing the kitten come into the room, and thinking that she should like to go and play with her, told the children that she thought it was time for school to be done.

Royal, Lucy’s brother, had been sitting upon the steps at the front door, while Lucy was playing school; and just as she was thinking that it was time to dismiss the children, he happened to get up and come into the room. Royal was about eleven years old. When he found that Lucy was playing school, he stopped at the door a moment to listen.

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Old Margaret was an old doll that Lucy had. She was not big enough to take very good care of a doll, and old Margaret had been tumbled about the floors and carpets until she was pretty well worn out. Still, however, Lucy always kept her, with her other playthings, in her treasury.

The place which Lucy called her treasury was a part of a closet or wardrobe, in a back entry, very near Miss Anne’s room. This closet extended down to the floor, and upwards nearly to the wall. There were two doors above, and two below. The lower part had been assigned to Lucy, to keep her playthings and her various treasures in; and it was called her treasury.

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