`` Well , I suppose you 've been back in the woods laying in a supply of switches for tomorrow ? '' was his greeting as Anne came up the veranda steps . `` No , indeed , '' said Anne indignantly . She was an excellent target for teasing because she always took things so seriously . `` I shall never have a switch in my school , Mr. Harrison . Of course , I shall have to have a pointer , but I shall use it for pointing ONLY . '' `` So you mean to strap them instead ? Well , I do n't know but you 're right . A switch stings more at the time but the strap smarts longer , that 's a fact . '' `` I shall not use anything of the sort . I 'm not going to whip my pupils . '' `` Bless my soul , '' exclaimed Mr. Harrison in genuine astonishment , `` how do you lay out to keep order then ? '' `` I shall govern by affection , Mr. Harrison . '' `` It wo n't do , '' said Mr. Harrison , `` wo n't do at all , Anne . ` Spare the rod and spoil the child . ' When I went to school the master whipped me regular every day because he said if I was n't in mischief just then I was plotting it . '' `` Methods have changed since your schooldays , Mr. Harrison . '' `` But human nature has n't . Mark my words , you 'll never manage the young fry unless you keep a rod in pickle for them . The thing is impossible . ''
`` Well , I 'm going XXXXX try my way first , '' said Anne , who had a fairly strong will of her own and was apt to cling very tenaciously to her theories .
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