It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November , would n't it ? Look at these maple branches . Do n't they give you a thrill -- several thrills ? I 'm going to decorate my room with them . '' `` Messy things , '' said Marilla , whose aesthetic sense was not noticeably developed . `` You clutter up your room entirely too much with out-of-doors stuff , Anne . Bedrooms were made to sleep in . '' `` Oh , and dream in too , Marilla . And you know one can dream so much better in a room where there are pretty things . I 'm going to put these boughs in the old blue jug and set them on my table . '' `` Mind you do n't drop leaves all over the stairs then . I 'm going on a meeting of the Aid Society at Carmody this afternoon , Anne , and I wo n't likely be home before dark . You 'll have to get Matthew and Jerry their supper , so mind you do n't forget to put the tea to draw until you sit down at the table as you did last time . '' `` It was dreadful of me to forget , '' said Anne apologetically , `` but that was the afternoon I was trying to think of a name for Violet Vale and it crowded other things out . Matthew was so good . He never scolded a bit . He put the tea down himself and said we could wait awhile as well as not . And I told him a lovely fairy story while we were waiting , so he did n't find the time long at all . It was a beautiful fairy story , Marilla . I forgot the end of it , so I made up an end for it myself and Matthew said he could n't tell where the join came in . ''
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