The bell was going all day yesterday , and the girls kept bringing in bundles for you ; I see seven now , '' and Jack rolled his eyes from one mysterious parcel to another hanging on the laden boughs . `` I know something , too . That square bundle is what you want ever so much . I told Frank , and he got it for his present . It is all red and gold outside , and every sort of color inside ; you 'll hurrah when you see it . That roundish one is yours too ; I made them , '' cried Jill , pointing to a flat package tied to the stem of the tree , and a neat little roll in which were the blue mittens that she had knit for him . `` I can wait ; '' but the boy 's eyes shone with eagerness , and he could not resist firing two or three pop-corns at it to see whether it was hard or soft . `` That barking dog is for Boo , and the little yellow sled , so Molly can drag him to school , he always tumbles down so when it is slippery , '' continued Jill , proud of her superior knowledge , as she showed a small spotted animal hanging by its tail , with a red tongue displayed as if about to taste the sweeties in the horn below . `` Do n't talk about sleds , for mercy 's sake ! I never want to see another , and you would n't , either , if you had to lie with a flat-iron tied to your ankle , as I do , '' said Jack , with a kick of the well leg and an ireful glance at the weight attached to the other that it might not contract while healing . `` Well , I think plasters , and liniment , and rubbing , as bad as flat-irons any day . I do n't believe you have ached half so much as I have , though it sounds worse to break legs than to sprain your back , '' protested Jill , eager to prove herself the greater sufferer , as invalids are apt to be . `` I guess you would n't think so if you 'd been pulled round as I was when they set my leg . Caesar , how it did hurt ! '' and Jack squirmed at the recollection of it . `` You did n't faint away as I did when the doctor was finding out if my vertebrums were hurt , so now ! '' cried Jill , bound to carry her point , though not at all clear what vertebrae were . `` Pooh ! Girls always faint . Men are braver , and I did n't faint a bit in spite of all that horrid agony . ''
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