It 's just one little seam after another and you never seem to be getting anywhere . But of course I 'd rather be Anne of Green Gables sewing patchwork than Anne of any other place with nothing to do but play . I wish time went as quick sewing patches as it does when I 'm playing with Diana , though . Oh , we do have such elegant times , Marilla . I have to furnish most of the imagination , but I 'm well able to do that . Diana is simply perfect in every other way . You know that little piece of land across the brook that runs up between our farm and Mr. Barry 's . It belongs to Mr. William Bell , and right in the corner there is a little ring of white birch trees -- the most romantic spot , Marilla . Diana and I have our playhouse there . We call it Idlewild . Is n't that a poetical name ? I assure you it took me some time to think it out . I stayed awake nearly a whole night before I invented it . Then , just as I was dropping off to sleep , it came like an inspiration . Diana was ENRAPTURED when she heard it . We have got our house fixed up elegantly . You must come and see it , Marilla -- wo n't you ? We have great big stones , all covered with moss , for seats , and boards from tree to tree for shelves . And we have all our dishes on them . Of course , they 're all broken but it 's the easiest thing in the world to imagine that they are whole .
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