Peter did , and he had an elegant dream that Peg Bowen caught him and put him on to boil alive in that big black pot that hangs outside her door . He woke up before the water got hot , though . Well , Miss Felicity , you 're pretty smart . But how will you like to walk to Sunday School with a boy who wears patched trousers ? '' `` I wo n't have to , '' said Felicity triumphantly . `` Peter is having a new suit made . It 's to be ready by Saturday . I knew that before I promised . '' Having discovered how to produce exciting dreams , we all promptly followed the example of Peter and the Story Girl . `` There is no chance for me to have any horrid dreams , '' lamented Sara Ray , `` because ma wo n't let me having anything at all to eat before I go to bed . I do n't think it 's fair . '' `` Ca n't you hide something away through the day as we do ? '' asked Felicity . `` No . '' Sara shook her fawn-coloured head mournfully . `` Ma always keeps the pantry locked , for fear Judy Pineau will treat her friends . '' For a week we ate unlawful lunches and dreamed dreams after our own hearts -- and , I regret to say , bickered and squabbled incessantly throughout the daytime , for our digestions went out of order and our tempers followed suit . Even the Story Girl and I had a fight -- something that had never happened before . Peter was the only one who kept his normal poise . Nothing could upset that boy 's stomach .
One night Cecily came into the pantry with a large cucumber , and proceeded XXXXX devour the greater part of it .
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