`` Better lay down a spell , '' said the man , looking a little troubled . `` I do n't wish to dirty my clean frock , '' said Poppy faintly , as she glanced over the wide-ploughed field , and longed for a bit of grass to drop on . She kept on bravely for another turn ; but suddenly stopped , and , quite regardless of the clean pink gown , dropped down in a furrow , looking so white and queer that Nelly began to cry . Poppy lay a minute , then turned to Cy , and said very solemnly : `` Cy , run home , and tell my mother I 'm dying . '' Away rushed Cy in a great fright , and burst upon Poppy 's mamma , exclaiming breathlessly : `` O ma'am ! Poppy 's been and ate a lot of tobacco ; and she 's sick , layin ' in the field ; and she says ` Come quick , 'cause she 's dyin . ' '' `` Mercy on us ! what will happen to that child next ? '' cried poor mamma , who was used to Poppy 's mishaps . Papa was away , and there was no carriage to bring Poppy home in ; so mamma took the little wheelbarrow , and trundled away to get the suffering Poppy . She could n't speak when they got to her ; and , only stopping to give the man a lecture , mamma picked up her silly little girl , and the procession moved off . First came Cy , as grave as a sexton ; then the wheelbarrow with Poppy , white and limp and speechless , all in a bunch ; then mamma , looking amused , anxious and angry ; then Nelly , weeping as if her tender heart was entirely broken ; while the man watched them , with a grin , saying to himself : `` Twar n't my fault . The child was a reg ` lar fool to swaller it . '' Poppy was dreadfully sick all night , but next day was ready for more adventures and experiments . She swung on the garret stairs , and tumbled down , nearly breaking her neck . She rubbed her eyes with red peppers , to see if it really would make them smart , as Cy said ; and was led home quite blind and roaring with pain . She got into the pigsty to catch a young piggy , and was taken out in a sad state of dirt . She slipped into the brook , and was half drowned ; broke a window and her own head , swinging a little flat-iron on a string ; dropped baby in the coal-hod ; buried her doll , and spoilt her ; cut off a bit of her finger , chopping wood ; and broke a tooth , trying to turn heels over head on a haycock . These are only a few of her pranks , but one was nearly her last . She wanted to go bare-footed , as the little country boys and girls did ; but mamma was n't willing , and Poppy was much afflicted .
`` It does n't hurt XXXXX , and it wo n't hurt me , just for a little while , '' she said .
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