The goods I keep where I can see them , and the bads I lock up tight , but they get out , and I have to keep putting them in and squeezing them down , they are so strong . The thoughts I play with when I am alone or in bed , and I make up and do what I like with them . Every Sunday I put my room in order , and talk with the little spirit that lives there , and tell him what to do . He is very bad sometimes , and wo n't mind me , and I have to scold him , and take him to Grandpa . He always makes him behave , and be sorry for his faults , because Grandpa likes this play , and gives me nice things to put in the drawers , and tells me how to shut up the naughties . Had n't you better try that way ? It 's a very good one ; '' and Demi looked so earnest and full of faith , that Dan did not laugh at his quaint fancy , but said , soberly , `` I do n't think there is a lock strong enough to keep my badness shut up . Any way my room is in such a clutter I do n't know how to clear it up . '' `` You keep your drawers in the cabinet all spandy nice ; why ca n't you do the others ? '' `` I ai n't used to it . Will you show me how ? '' and Dan looked as if inclined to try Demi 's childish way of keeping a soul in order . `` I 'd love to , but I do n't know how , except to talk as Grandpa does . I ca n't do it good like him , but I 'll try . '' `` Do n't tell any one ; only now and then we 'll come here and talk things over , and I 'll pay you for it by telling all I know about my sort of things . Will that do ? '' and Dan held out his big , rough hand . Demi gave his smooth , little hand readily , and the league was made ; for in the happy , peaceful world where the younger boy lived , lions and lambs played together , and little children innocently taught their elders . `` Hush ! '' said Dan , pointing toward the house , as Demi was about to indulge in another discourse on the best way of getting badness down , and keeping it down ; and peeping from their perch , they saw Mrs. Jo strolling slowly along , reading as she went , while Teddy trotted behind her , dragging a little cart upside down .
`` Wait till they see us , '' whispered Demi , and both sat still as the pair came nearer , Mrs. XXXXX so absorbed in her book that she would have walked into the brook if Teddy had not stopped her by saying , `` Marmar , I wanter fis . ''
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