The House That Grew

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Molesworth Mrs.. The House That Grew

CHAPTER I 'IT'S DREADFUL, ISN'T IT?'

CHAPTER II 'MUFFINS, FOR ONE THING, I HOPE'

CHAPTER III 'IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA, IDA'

CHAPTER IV 'GEORDIE STOOD UP AND WAVED HIS CAP'

CHAPTER V 'WHAT CAN SHE MEAN?'

CHAPTER VI 'YOU DO UNDERSTAND SO WELL, MAMMA'

CHAPTER VII 'NO,' SAID MAMMA, 'THAT ISN'T ALL'

CHAPTER VIII 'I'VE BROUGHT MY HOUSE WITH ME, LIKE A SNAIL'

CHAPTER IX 'THE KIND SEA, TOO, AUNTIE DEAR'

CHAPTER X 'IT'S ANOTHER SNAIL'

CHAPTER XI 'I MADE SURE OF THAT,' SAID ROLF

CHAPTER XII 'WELL – ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL!'

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The first thing we had to do was really to 'fire away.' That is to say, to light a fire, for of course nothing in the way of washing up or cleaning can be done without hot water, and you cannot get hot water without fire of some kind. But that part of our work we did not dislike at all. We had grown quite clever at making fires and getting them to burn up quickly in the little stove, and we had always, or nearly always, a nice store of beautifully dry wood that we picked up ourselves. And though the hut was so near the sea, it was wonderfully dry. We could leave things there for weeks, without their becoming musty or mouldy.

And as the fire crackled up brightly, and after a bit we got the kettle on and it began to sing, our spirits began to rise again a little, to keep it company.

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'Yes,' I agreed, 'I wouldn't mind that at all – not in summer, at least.'

'Ah, but unluckily, my dear child, "it is not always May,"' he replied, though I was pleased to see he held out his cup for some more tea (I have found out that things do seem much worse when one is tired or hungry!) and that his voice sounded more like itself.

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