What Katy Did

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Coolidge Susan. What Katy Did

TO FIVE

CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE CARRS

CHAPTER II. PARADISE

CHAPTER III. THE DAY OF SCRAPES

CHAPTER IV. KIKERI

CHAPTER V. IN THE LOFT

CHAPTER VI. INTIMATE FRIENDS

CHAPTER VII. COUSIN HELEN'S VISIT

CHAPTER VIII. TO-MORROW

CHAPTER IX. DISMAL DAYS

CHAPTER X. ST. NICHOLAS AND ST. VALENTINE

CHAPTER XI. A NEW LESSON TO LEARN

CHAPTER XII. TWO YEARS AFTERWARD

CHAPTER XIII. AT LAST

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I was sitting in the meadows one day, not long ago, at a place where there was a small brook. It was a hot day. The sky was very blue, and white clouds, like great swans, went floating over it to and fro. Just opposite me was a clump of green rushes, with dark velvety spikes, and among them one single tall, red cardinal flower, which was bending over the brook as if to see its own beautiful face in the water. But the cardinal did not seem to be vain.

The picture was so pretty that I sat a long time enjoying it. Suddenly, close to me, two small voices began to talk—or to sing, for I couldn't tell exactly which it was. One voice was shrill; the other, which was a little deeper, sounded very positive and cross. They were evidently disputing about something, for they said the same words over and over again. These were the words—"Katy did." "Katy didn't." "She did." "She didn't." "She did." "She didn't." "Did." "Didn't." I think they must have repeated them at least a hundred times.

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"You can't," said Katy from overhead. "Clover is going to be the most beautiful lady in the world."

"But I'll be more beautiful than the most beautiful," persisted poor little Elsie; "and I'll be big, too, and know everybody's secrets. And everybody'll be kind, then, and never run away and hide; and there won't be any post offices, or anything disagreeable."

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