`` Mother ca n't live without trees and I ca n't , so what would be the use of going to heaven if there were n't any trees ? '' `` There are cities , too , '' said the young dreamer , `` splendid cities -- coloured just like the sunset , with sapphire towers and rainbow domes . They are built of gold and diamonds -- whole streets of diamonds , flashing like the sun . In the squares there are crystal fountains kissed by the light , and everywhere the asphodel blooms -- the flower of heaven . '' `` Fancy ! '' said Mary . `` I saw the main street in Charlottetown once and I thought it was real grand , but I s ` pose it 's nothing to heaven . Well , it all sounds gorgeous the way you tell it , but wo n't it be kind of dull , too ? '' `` Oh , I guess we can have some fun when the angels ' backs are turned , '' said Faith comfortably . `` Heaven is ALL fun , '' declared Di . `` The Bible does n't say so , '' cried Mary , who had read so much of the Bible on Sunday afternoons under Miss Cornelia 's eye that she now considered herself quite an authority on it . `` Mother says the Bible language is figurative , '' said Nan . `` Does that mean that it is n't true ? '' asked Mary hopefully . `` No -- not exactly -- but I think it means that heaven will be just like what you 'd like it to be . '' `` I 'd like it to be just like Rainbow Valley , '' said Mary , `` with all you kids to gas and play with . THAT 'S good enough for me . Anyhow , we ca n't go to heaven till we 're dead and maybe not then , so what 's the use of worrying ? Here 's Jem with a string of trout and it 's my turn to fry them . '' `` We ought to know more about heaven than Walter does when we 're the minister 's family , '' said Una , as they walked home that night .
`` We KNOW just as much , but XXXXX can IMAGINE , '' said Faith .
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