When the last trout had vanished , the manse children and the Ingleside children were sworn friends and allies . They had always known each other and always would . The race of Joseph recognized its own . They poured out the history of their little pasts . The manse children heard of Avonlea and Green Gables , of Rainbow Valley traditions , and of the little house by the harbour shore where Jem had been born . The Ingleside children heard of Maywater , where the Merediths had lived before coming to the Glen , of Una 's beloved , one-eyed doll and Faith 's pet rooster . Faith was inclined to resent the fact that people laughed at her for petting a rooster . She liked the Blythes because they accepted it without question . `` A handsome rooster like Adam is just as nice a pet as a dog or cat , I think , '' she said . `` If he was a canary nobody would wonder . And I brought him up from a little , wee , yellow chicken . Mrs. Johnson at Maywater gave him to me . A weasel had killed all his brothers and sisters . I called him after her husband . I never liked dolls or cats . Cats are too sneaky and dolls are DEAD . '' `` Who lives in that house away up there ? '' asked Jerry . `` The Miss Wests -- Rosemary and Ellen , '' answered Nan . `` Di and I are going to take music lessons from Miss Rosemary this summer . ''
Una gazed XXXXX the lucky twins with eyes whose longing was too gentle for envy .
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