`` It is n't anything , only they all felt kindly and wanted to show it . Tell the girl to put it away for your tea . It 's so simple you can eat it , and being soft , it will slip down without hurting your sore throat . What a cozy room this is ! '' `` It might be if it was kept nice , but the maids are lazy , and I do n't know how to make them mind . It worries me though . '' `` I 'll right it up in two minutes , for it only needs to have the hearth brushed , so -- and the things made straight on the mantelpiece , so -- and the books put here , and the bottles there , and your sofa turned from the light , and the pillows plumped up a bit . Now then , you 're fixed . '' And so he was , for , as she laughed and talked , Jo had whisked things into place and given quite a different air to the room . Laurie watched her in respectful silence , and when she beckoned him to his sofa , he sat down with a sigh of satisfaction , saying gratefully ... `` How kind you are ! Yes , that 's what it wanted . Now please take the big chair and let me do something to amuse my company . '' `` No , I came to amuse you . Shall I read aloud ? '' and Jo looked affectionately toward some inviting books near by . `` Thank you ! I 've read all those , and if you do n't mind , I 'd rather talk , '' answered Laurie . `` Not a bit . I 'll talk all day if you 'll only set me going . Beth says I never know when to stop . ''
`` Is XXXXX the rosy one , who stays at home good deal and sometimes goes out with a little basket ? ''
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