`` I ca n't eat any more , and it 's no fun watching you and Anne eat . '' `` Well , you and Dora go out and give the hens their wheat , '' said Marilla . `` And do n't you try to pull any more feathers out of the white rooster 's tail either . '' `` I wanted some feathers for an Injun headdress , '' said Davy sulkily . `` Milty Boulter has a dandy one , made out of the feathers his mother give him when she killed their old white gobbler . You might let me have some . That rooster 's got ever so many more 'n he wants . '' `` You may have the old feather duster in the garret , '' said Anne , `` and I 'll dye them green and red and yellow for you . '' `` You do spoil that boy dreadfully , '' said Marilla , when Davy , with a radiant face , had followed prim Dora out . Marilla 's education had made great strides in the past six years ; but she had not yet been able to rid herself of the idea that it was very bad for a child to have too many of its wishes indulged . `` All the boys of his class have Indian headdresses , and Davy wants one too , '' said Anne . '' I know how it feels ... I 'll never forget how I used to long for puffed sleeves when all the other girls had them . And Davy is n't being spoiled . He is improving every day . Think what a difference there is in him since he came here a year ago . '' `` He certainly does n't get into as much mischief since he began to go to school , '' acknowledged Marilla . `` I suppose he works off the tendency with the other boys . But it 's a wonder to me we have n't heard from Richard Keith before this . Never a word since last May . '' `` I 'll be afraid to hear from him , '' sighed Anne , beginning to clear away the dishes .
`` If a letter should come I 'd dread opening it , XXXXX fear it would tell us to send the twins to him . ''
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