When she fell she grabbed hold of the shelf with all the milk pails and stewpans on it , and it gave way and went down with her and made a splendid crash . Marilla thought it was an earthquake at first . `` One of the stewpans was all dinged up and Mrs. Lynde straned her ribs . The doctor came and gave her medicine to rub on her ribs but she did n't under stand him and took it all inside instead . The doctor said it was a wonder it dident kill her but it dident and it cured her ribs and Mrs. Lynde says doctors dont know much anyhow . But we couldent fix up the stewpan . Marilla had to throw it out . Thanksgiving was last week . There was no school and we had a great dinner . I et mince pie and rost turkey and frut cake and donuts and cheese and jam and choklut cake . Marilla said I 'd die but I dident . Dora had earake after it , only it wasent in her ears it was in her stummick . I dident have earake anywhere . `` Our new teacher is a man . He does things for jokes . Last week he made all us third-class boys write a composishun on what kind of a wife we 'd like to have and the girls on what kind of a husband . He laughed fit to kill when he read them . This was mine . I thought youd like to see it . '' ` The kind of a wife I 'd like to Have . ''
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