`` Oh , yes ! it tells all I want to know about insects . I had it here to see how to fix the butterflies right . I covered it , so it is not hurt ; '' and Dan caught it up , fearing the lender might think him careless . `` Give it here a minute ; '' and , pulling out his pencil , Mr. Laurie wrote Dan 's name in it , saying , as he set the book up on one of the corner shelves , where nothing stood but a stuffed bird without a tail , `` There , that is the beginning of the museum library . I 'll hunt up some more books , and Demi shall keep them in order . Where are those jolly little books we used to read , Jo ? ` Insect Architecture ' or some such name , all about ants having battles , and bees having queens , and crickets eating holes in our clothes and stealing milk , and larks of that sort . '' `` In the garret at home . I 'll have them sent out , and we will plunge into Natural History with a will , '' said Mrs. Jo , ready for any thing . `` Wo n't it be hard to write about such things ? '' asked Nat , who hated compositions . `` At first , perhaps ; but you will soon like it . If you think that hard , how would you like to have this subject given to you , as it was to a girl of thirteen : A conversation between Themistocles , Aristides , and Pericles on the proposed appropriation of funds of the confederacy of Delos for the ornamentation of Athens ? '' said Mrs. Jo . The boys groaned at the mere sound of the long names , and the gentlemen laughed at the absurdity of the lesson . `` Did she write it ? '' asked Demi , in an awe-stricken tone . `` Yes , but you can imagine what a piece of work she make of it , though she was rather a bright child . '' `` I 'd like to have seen it , '' said Mr. Bhaer .
`` Perhaps I can find it for you ; I went to school with her , '' and Mrs. XXXXX looked so wicked that every one knew who the little girl was .
Demi Jo Nat Themistocles first garret lender minute right stealing