There 's something for memory 's picture gallery . When I 'm eighty years old ... if I ever am ... I shall shut my eyes and see those violets just as I see them now . That 's the first good gift our day has given us . '' `` If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet , '' said Priscilla . Anne glowed . `` I 'm so glad you SPOKE that thought , Priscilla , instead of just thinking it and keeping it to yourself . This world would be a much more interesting place ... although it IS very interesting anyhow ... if people spoke out their real thoughts . '' `` It would be too hot to hold some folks , '' quoted Jane sagely . `` I suppose it might be , but that would be their own faults for thinking nasty things . Anyhow , we can tell all our thoughts today because we are going to have nothing but beautiful thoughts . Everybody can say just what comes into her head . THAT is conversation . Here 's a little path I never saw before . Let 's explore it . '' The path was a winding one , so narrow that the girls walked in single file and even then the fir boughs brushed their faces . Under the firs were velvety cushions of moss , and further on , where the trees were smaller and fewer , the ground was rich in a variety of green growing things . `` What a lot of elephant 's ears , '' exclaimed Diana . `` I 'm going to pick a big bunch , they 're so pretty . '' `` How did such graceful feathery things ever come to have such a dreadful name ? '' asked Priscilla .
`` Because the person who XXXXX named them either had no imagination at all or else far too much , '' said Anne , `` Oh , girls , look at that ! ''
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