`` I 'm a crusty , lonesome , crabbed old chap , '' he said aloud , `` but there 's something about that little girl makes me feel young again ... and it 's such a pleasant sensation I 'd like to have it repeated once in a while . '' `` Redheaded snippet , '' croaked Ginger mockingly . Mr. Harrison shook his fist at the parrot . `` You ornery bird , '' he muttered , `` I almost wish I 'd wrung your neck when my brother the sailor brought you home . Will you never be done getting me into trouble ? '' Anne ran home blithely and recounted her adventures to Marilla , who had been not a little alarmed by her long absence and was on the point of starting out to look for her . `` It 's a pretty good world , after all , is n't it , Marilla ? '' concluded Anne happily . `` Mrs. Lynde was complaining the other day that it was n't much of a world . She said whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed ... perhaps that is true . But there is a good side to it too . The bad things do n't always come up to your expectations either ... they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think . I looked forward to a dreadfully unpleasant experience when I went over to Mr. Harrison 's tonight ; and instead he was quite kind and I had almost a nice time . I think we 're going to be real good friends if we make plenty of allowances for each other , and everything has turned out for the best . But all the same , Marilla , I shall certainly never again sell a cow before making sure to whom she belongs . And I do NOT like parrots ! '' IV Different Opinions One evening at sunset , Jane Andrews , Gilbert Blythe , and Anne Shirley were lingering by a fence in the shadow of gently swaying spruce boughs , where a wood cut known as the Birch Path joined the main road . Jane had been up to spend the afternoon with Anne , who walked part of the way home with her ; at the fence they met Gilbert , and all three were now talking about the fateful morrow ; for that morrow was the first of September and the schools would open . Jane would go to Newbridge and Gilbert to White Sands . `` You both have the advantage of me , '' sighed Anne .
`` You 're going to teach children who do n't know you , but I have to teach my own old schoolmates , and Mrs. XXXXX says she 's afraid they wo n't respect me as they would a stranger unless I 'm very cross from the first .
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