Remember how bad I was when I came here . '' `` Anne , you never were bad ... NEVER . I see that now , when I 've learned what real badness is . You were always getting into terrible scrapes , I 'll admit , but your motive was always good . Davy is just bad from sheer love of it . '' `` Oh , no , I do n't think it is real badness with him either , '' pleaded Anne . `` It 's just mischief . And it is rather quiet for him here , you know . He has no other boys to play with and his mind has to have something to occupy it . Dora is so prim and proper she is no good for a boy 's playmate . I really think it would be better to let them go to school , Marilla . '' `` No , '' said Marilla resolutely , `` my father always said that no child should be cooped up in the four walls of a school until it was seven years old , and Mr. Allan says the same thing . The twins can have a few lessons at home but go to school they sha n't till they 're seven . '' `` Well , we must try to reform Davy at home then , '' said Anne cheerfully . `` With all his faults he 's really a dear little chap . I ca n't help loving him . Marilla , it may be a dreadful thing to say , but honestly , I like Davy better than Dora , for all she 's so good . '' `` I do n't know but that I do , myself , '' confessed Marilla , `` and it is n't fair , for Dora is n't a bit of trouble . There could n't be a better child and you 'd hardly know she was in the house . '' `` Dora is too good , '' said Anne .
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