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Anne woke and sat up in bed. For a moment she couldn’t understand where she was. It was a nice June morning, the sun was shining. She went to open the window and saw a beautiful cherry33 tree next to the house. There were also many other trees in the garden.

Marilla came into the room and told her to dress up. “Breakfast is waiting for you, so get dressed, wash your face, comb34 your hair and come downstairs,” she told.

Anne did all that and went into the kitchen. “I’m so glad the sun is shining,” she said. “The world doesn’t seem35 so grey as yesterday evening. But I also like rainy mornings. All mornings are interesting, don’t you think?”

“Hold your tongue36. Why do you talk so much?” asked Marilla.

The girl stopped talking and didn’t say a word while eating. That was strange. The room was silent37.

“Can you wash the dishes?” asked Marilla.

“I can. I’m better at looking after38 children, but I can wash dishes too.”

She washed the dishes. Then Marilla took Anne and they both went to Mrs. Spencer. Marilla needed to give the girl back. As they went away, Matthew stood there and watched them sadly.

Exercise: What are these words?

to comb

to seem

tongue

silent

look after

Exercise: Choose the right word.

1. Marilla’s friend Mrs. Rachel told her that adopting/imagining a child is a very foolish thing to do.

2. Marilla wanted to bring a strange child home not knowing his parents and not knowing the boy’s whistle/personality.

3. Her face was small and white, she also had candle/freckles.