`` I wish we had something for dinner besides ditto , '' sighed Una . `` I 'm so tired of it . The Blythe children do n't know what ditto is . And we NEVER have any pudding . Nan says Susan would faint if they had no pudding on Sundays . Why are n't we like other people , Faith ? '' `` I do n't want to be like other people , '' laughed Faith , tying up her bleeding finger . `` I like being myself . It 's more interesting . Jessie Drew is as good a housekeeper as her mother , but would you want to be as stupid as she is ? '' `` But our house is n't right . Mary Vance says so . She says people talk about it being so untidy . '' Faith had an inspiration . `` We 'll clean it all up , '' she cried . `` We 'll go right to work to-morrow . It 's a real good chance when Aunt Martha is laid up and ca n't interfere with us . We 'll have it all lovely and clean when father comes home , just like it was when Mary went away . ANY ONE can sweep and dust and wash windows . People wo n't be able to talk about us any more .
Jem XXXXX says it 's only old cats that talk , but their talk hurts just as much as anybody 's . ''
Blythe Drew Martha Mary Susan Una Vance ditto pudding right