But if you go squabbling you 'll spoil it all . Peter , what are you going to do to-day ? '' `` Harrow the wood field and dig your Aunt Olivia 's flower beds . '' `` Aunt Olivia and I planted sweet peas yesterday , '' said the Story Girl , `` and I planted a little bed of my own . I am NOT going to dig them up this year to see if they have sprouted . It is bad for them . I shall try to cultivate patience , no matter how long they are coming up . '' `` I am going to help mother plant the vegetable garden to-day , '' said Felicity . `` Oh , I never like the vegetable garden , '' said the Story Girl . `` Except when I am hungry . Then I DO like to go and look at the nice little rows of onions and beets . But I love a flower garden . I think I could be always good if I lived in a garden all the time . '' `` Adam and Eve lived in a garden all the time , '' said Felicity , `` and THEY were far from being always good . '' `` They might n't have kept good as long as they did if they had n't lived in a garden , '' said the Story Girl . We were now summoned to breakfast . Peter and the Story Girl slipped away through the gap , followed by Paddy , and the rest of us walked up the orchard to the house . `` Well , what do you think of the Story Girl ? '' asked Felicity . `` She 's just fine , '' said Felix , enthusiastically .
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