I just told her as a favour . And now your Aunt Janet blames me for the whole trouble . '' `` And Aunt Janet says we are never to have anything to eat before we go to bed after this except plain bread and milk , '' said Felix sadly . `` They 'd like to stop us from dreaming altogether if they could , '' said the Story Girl wrathfully . `` Well , anyway , they ca n't prevent us from growing up , '' consoled Dan . `` We need n't worry about the bread and milk rule , '' added Felicity . `` Ma made a rule like that once before , and kept it for a week , and then we just slipped back to the old way . That will be what will happen this time , too . But of course we wo n't be able to get any more rich things for supper , and our dreams will be pretty flat after this . '' `` Well , let 's go down to the Pulpit Stone and I 'll tell you a story I know , '' said the Story Girl . We went -- and straightway drank of the waters of forgetfulness . In a brief space we were laughing right merrily , no longer remembering our wrongs at the hands of those cruel grown-ups . Our laughter echoed back from the barns and the spruce grove , as if elfin denizens of upper air were sharing in our mirth . Presently , also , the laughter of the grown-ups mingled with ours . Aunt Olivia and Uncle Roger , Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec , came strolling through the orchard and joined our circle , as they sometimes did when the toil of the day was over , and the magic time ` twixt light and dark brought truce of care and labour . 'T was then we liked our grown-ups best , for then they seemed half children again . Uncle Roger and Uncle Alec lolled in the grass like boys ; Aunt Olivia , looking more like a pansy than ever in the prettiest dress of pale purple print , with a knot of yellow ribbon at her throat , sat with her arm about Cecily and smiled on us all ; and Aunt Janet 's motherly face lost its every-day look of anxious care . The Story Girl was in great fettle that night . Never had her tales sparkled with such wit and archness . `` Sara Stanley , '' said Aunt Olivia , shaking her finger at her after a side-splitting yarn , `` if you do n't watch out you 'll be famous some day . ''
`` These funny stories are all XXXXX , '' said Uncle Roger , `` but for real enjoyment give me something with a creep in it .
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