I 'm not so frightened of her as I once was , but I do n't think I would like to be caught by her . Sara Ray is dreadfully scared of her . Peter Craig says she is a witch and that he bets she 's at the bottom of it when the butter wo n't come . But I do n't believe THAT . Witches are so scarce nowadays . There may be some somewhere in the world , but it 's not likely there are any here right in Prince Edward Island . They used to be very plenty long ago . I know some splendid witch stories I 'll tell you some day . They 'll just make your blood freeze in your veins . '' We had n't a doubt of it . If anybody could freeze the blood in our veins this girl with the wonderful voice could . But it was a May morning , and our young blood was running blithely in our veins . We suggested a visit to the orchard would be more agreeable . `` All right . I know stories about it , too , '' she said , as we walked across the yard , followed by Paddy of the waving tail . `` Oh , are n't you glad it is spring ? The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring . '' The latch of the gate clicked under the Story Girl 's hand , and the next moment we were in the King orchard . CHAPTER III . LEGENDS OF THE OLD ORCHARD Outside of the orchard the grass was only beginning to grow green ; but here , sheltered by the spruce hedges from uncertain winds and sloping to southern suns , it was already like a wonderful velvet carpet ; the leaves on the trees were beginning to come out in woolly , grayish clusters ; and there were purple-pencilled white violets at the base of the Pulpit Stone .
`` It 's all just as father described it , '' said Felix XXXXX a blissful sigh , `` and there 's the well with the Chinese roof . ''
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