Butter wo n't melt in my mouth after this . I 'll be all prunes and prisms . '' `` Nor tell lies , '' added Faith . `` Not even to get off from a whipping ? '' pleaded Mary . `` Mrs. Elliott will NEVER whip you -- NEVER , '' exclaimed Di . `` Wo n't she ? '' said Mary skeptically . `` If I ever find myself in a place where I ai n't licked I 'll think it 's heaven all right . No fear of me telling lies then . I ai n't fond of telling 'em -- I 'd ruther not , if it comes to that . '' The day before Mary 's departure from the manse they had a picnic in her honour in Rainbow Valley , and that evening all the manse children gave her something from their scanty store of treasured things for a keepsake . Carl gave her his Noah 's ark and Jerry his second best jew 's - harp . Faith gave her a little hairbrush with a mirror in the back of it , which Mary had always considered very wonderful . Una hesitated between an old beaded purse and a gay picture of Daniel in the lion 's den , and finally offered Mary her choice . Mary really hankered after the beaded purse , but she knew Una loved it , so she said , `` Give me Daniel . I 'd rusher have it 'cause I 'm partial to lions . Only I wish they 'd et Daniel up . It would have been more exciting . '' At bedtime Mary coaxed Una to sleep with her .
`` It 's XXXXX the last time , '' she said , `` and it 's raining tonight , and I hate sleeping up there alone when it 's raining on account of that graveyard .
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