He swore once and I told him if he ever did it again he need n't come ashore to talk to me because I 'd promised grandmother I 'd never associate with anybody that swore . He was pretty well scared , I can tell you , and he said if I would forgive him he would take me to the sunset . So the next evening when I was sitting on the Striped Rocks the oldest Twin came sailing over the sea in an enchanted boat and I got in her . The boat was all pearly and rainbowy , like the inside of the mussel shells , and her sail was like moonshine . Well , we sailed right across to the sunset . Think of that , teacher , I 've been in the sunset . And what do you suppose it is ? The sunset is a land all flowers . We sailed into a great garden , and the clouds are beds of flowers . We sailed into a great harbor , all the color of gold , and I stepped right out of the boat on a big meadow all covered with buttercups as big as roses . I stayed there for ever so long . It seemed nearly a year but the Oldest Twin says it was only a few minutes . You see , in the sunset land the time is ever so much longer than it is here . ' '' ` Your loving pupil Paul Irving . ' '' ` P. S. of course , this letter is n't really true , teacher . P.I. ' '' XII A Jonah Day It really began the night before with a restless , wakeful vigil of grumbling toothache . When Anne arose in the dull , bitter winter morning she felt that life was flat , stale , and unprofitable . She went to school in no angelic mood . Her cheek was swollen and her face ached . The schoolroom was cold and smoky , for the fire refused to burn and the children were huddled about it in shivering groups .
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