There was something else ... something ugly and repulsive . `` How could you behave so , Davy ? '' she asked sorrowfully . Davy squirmed uncomfortably . `` I just did it for fun . Things have been so awful quiet here for so long that I thought it would be fun to give you folks a big scare . It was , too . '' In spite of fear and a little remorse Davy grinned over the recollection . `` But you told a falsehood about it , Davy , '' said Anne , more sorrowfully than ever . Davy looked puzzled . `` What 's a falsehood ? Do you mean a whopper ? '' `` I mean a story that was not true . '' `` Course I did , '' said Davy frankly . `` If I had n't you would n't have been scared . I HAD to tell it . '' Anne was feeling the reaction from her fright and exertions . Davy 's impenitent attitude gave the finishing touch . Two big tears brimmed up in her eyes . `` Oh , Davy , how could you ? ''
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