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 at the lucky twins with eyes whose longing was too gentle for envy . Oh , if she could only have music lessons ! It was one of the dreams of her little hidden life . But nobody ever thought of such a thing . `` Miss Rosemary is so sweet and she always dresses so pretty , '' said Di .
`` Her hair is just the colour of new molasses taffy , '' she added wistfully -- for Di , like her mother before her , was not resigned XXXXX her own ruddy tresses .
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