But she felt rather ashamed of saying it ; for had she not , in keen remembrance of many similar snubs administered in her own early years , solemnly vowed that she would never tell any child it was too little to understand ? Yet here she was doing it ... so wide sometimes is the gulf between theory and practice . `` Well , I 'm doing my best to grow , '' said Davy , `` but it 's a thing you ca n't hurry much . If Marilla was n't so stingy with her jam I believe I 'd grow a lot faster . '' `` Marilla is not stingy , Davy , '' said Anne severely . `` It is very ungrateful of you to say such a thing . '' `` There 's another word that means the same thing and sounds a lot better , but I do n't just remember it , '' said Davy , frowning intently . `` I heard Marilla say she was it , herself , the other day . '' `` If you mean ECONOMICAL , it 's a VERY different thing from being stingy . It is an excellent trait in a person if she is economical . If Marilla had been stingy she would n't have taken you and Dora when your mother died . Would you have liked to live with Mrs. Wiggins ? '' `` You just bet I would n't ! '' Davy was emphatic on that point . `` Nor I do n't want to go out to Uncle Richard neither . I 'd far rather live here , even if Marilla is that long-tailed word when it comes to jam , 'cause YOU 'RE here , Anne . Say , Anne , wo n't you tell me a story ` fore I go to sleep ? I do n't want a fairy story . They 're all right for girls , I s ` pose , but I want something exciting ... lots of killing and shooting in it , and a house on fire , and i n'trusting things like that . '' Fortunately for Anne , Marilla called out at this moment from her room .
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