`` Yes , ma'am . '' `` We all need these little helps ; so you shall try to do your lessons and your work , play kindly with all the boys , and use your holidays well ; and if you bring me a good report , or if I see and know it without words for I 'm quick to spy out the good little efforts of my boys you shall have a compartment in the drawer for your treasures . See , some are already divided into four parts , and I will have the others made in the same way , a place for each week ; and when the drawer is filled with curious and pretty things , I shall be as proud of it as you are ; prouder , I think for in the pebbles , mosses , and gay butterflies , I shall see good resolutions carried out , conquered faults , and a promise well kept . Shall we do this , Dan ? '' The boys answered with one of the looks which said much , for it showed that he felt and understood her wish and words , although he did not know how to express his interest and gratitude for such care and kindness . She understood the look , and seeing by the color that flushed up to his forehead that he was touched , as she wished him to be , she said no more about that side of the new plan , but pulled out the upper drawer , dusted it , and set it on two chairs before the sofa , saying briskly , `` Now , let us begin at once by putting those nice beetles in a safe place . These compartments will hold a good deal , you see . I 'd pin the butterflies and bugs round the sides ; they will be quite safe there , and leave room for the heavy things below . I 'll give you some cotton wool , and clean paper and pins , and you can get ready for the week 's work . '' `` But I ca n't go out to find any new things , '' said Dan , looking piteously at his foot . `` That 's true ; never mind , we 'll let these treasures do for this week , and I dare say the boys will bring you loads of things if you ask them . '' `` They do n't know the right sort ; besides , if I lay , no , lie here all the time , I ca n't work and study , and earn my drawers . '' `` There are plenty of lessons you can learn lying there , and several little jobs of work you can do for me . '' `` Can I ? '' and Dan looked both surprised and pleased . `` You can learn to be patient and cheerful in spite of pain and no play . You can amuse Teddy for me , wind cotton , read to me when I sew , and do many things without hurting your foot , which will make the days pass quickly , and not be wasted ones . '' Here Demi ran in with a great butterfly in one hand , and a very ugly little toad in the other . `` See , Dan , I found them , and ran back to give them to you ; are n't they beautiful ones ? '' panted Demi , all out of breath .
XXXXX laughed at the toad , and said he had no place to put him , but the butterfly was a beauty , and if Mrs. Jo would give him a big pin , he would stick it right up in the drawer .
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