asked the guest , as if anxious to compare notes on the sad subject . `` We had ours ever so long ago . What have you been doing besides having measles ? '' said Betty , showing a polite interest . `` I had a fight with a bumble-bee . '' `` Who beat ? '' demanded Bab . `` I did . I ran away and he could n't catch me . '' `` Can you shoot nicely ? '' `` I hit a cow . She did not mind at all . I guess she thought it was a fly . '' `` Did your mother know you were coming ? '' asked Bab , feeling an interest in runaways . `` No ; she is gone to drive , so I could not ask her . '' `` It is very wrong to disobey . My Sunday-school book says that children who are naughty that way never go to heaven , '' observed virtuous Betty , in a warning tone . `` I do not wish to go , '' was the startling reply . `` Why not ? ''
asked XXXXX , severely .
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