Merry was that feast and long . Nan and Di would probably have died of horror had they known what Faith and Una knew perfectly well -- that Carl had two young mice in his jacket pocket . But they never knew it , so it never hurt them . Where can folks get better acquainted than over a meal table ? When the last trout had vanished , the manse children and the Ingleside children were sworn friends and allies . They had always known each other and always would . The race of Joseph recognized its own . They poured out the history of their little pasts . The manse children heard of Avonlea and Green Gables , of Rainbow Valley traditions , and of the little house by the harbour shore where Jem had been born . The Ingleside children heard of Maywater , where the Merediths had lived before coming to the Glen , of Una 's beloved , one-eyed doll and Faith 's pet rooster . Faith was inclined to resent the fact that people laughed at her for petting a rooster . She liked the Blythes because they accepted it without question . `` A handsome rooster like Adam is just as nice a pet as a dog or cat , I think , '' she said . `` If he was a canary nobody would wonder . And I brought him up from a little , wee , yellow chicken . Mrs. Johnson at Maywater gave him to me . A weasel had killed all his brothers and sisters . I called him after her husband . I never liked dolls or cats . Cats are too sneaky and dolls are DEAD . ''
`` Who lives XXXXX that house away up there ? ''
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