`` I never imagined anything so interesting . I do n't really know which department was the most interesting . I think I liked the horses and the flowers and the fancywork best . Josie Pye took first prize for knitted lace . I was real glad she did . And I was glad that I felt glad , for it shows I 'm improving , do n't you think , Marilla , when I can rejoice in Josie 's success ? Mr. Harmon Andrews took second prize for Gravenstein apples and Mr. Bell took first prize for a pig . Diana said she thought it was ridiculous for a Sunday-school superintendent to take a prize in pigs , but I do n't see why . Do you ? She said she would always think of it after this when he was praying so solemnly . Clara Louise MacPherson took a prize for painting , and Mrs. Lynde got first prize for homemade butter and cheese . So Avonlea was pretty well represented , was n't it ? Mrs. Lynde was there that day , and I never knew how much I really liked her until I saw her familiar face among all those strangers . There were thousands of people there , Marilla . It made me feel dreadfully insignificant . And Miss Barry took us up to the grandstand to see the horse races . Mrs. Lynde would n't go ; she said horse racing was an abomination and , she being a church member , thought it her bounden duty to set a good example by staying away . But there were so many there I do n't believe Mrs. Lynde 's absence would ever be noticed . I do n't think , though , that I ought to go very often to horse races , because they ARE awfully fascinating . Diana got so excited that she offered to bet me ten cents that the red horse would win .
I did n't believe he would , but I refused to bet , because I wanted to tell Mrs. Allan all about everything , and I felt sure it would n't do XXXXX tell her that .
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