The Story Girl was much disappointed . `` Then I suppose I 'll have to do without . The new peas would n't hurt enough . They 're so soft they 'd just squash flat . '' `` I 'll tell you , '' said Peter , `` I 'll pick up a lot of those little round pebbles on Mr. King 's front walk . They 'll be just as good as peas . '' `` You 'll do nothing of the sort , '' said Aunt Janet . `` Sara must not do penance in that way . She would wear holes in her stockings , and might seriously bruise her feet . '' `` What would you say if I took a whip and whipped my bare shoulders till the blood came ? '' demanded the Story Girl aggrieved . `` I would n't SAY anything , '' retorted Aunt Janet . `` I 'd simply turn you over my knee and give you a sound , solid spanking , Miss Sara . You 'd find that penance enough . '' The Story Girl was crimson with indignation . To have such a remark made to you -- when you were fourteen and a half -- and before the boys , too ! Really , Aunt Janet could be very dreadful . It was vacation , and there was not much to do that day ; we were soon free to seek the orchard . But the Story Girl would not come . She had seated herself in the darkest , hottest corner of the kitchen , with a piece of old cotton in her hand .
`` I am not going XXXXX play to-day , '' she said , `` and I 'm not going to tell a single story .
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