`` But punishments are so horrid and I like to imagine only pleasant things , '' said Anne , cuddling Davy . `` There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more . '' In the end Davy was sent to bed , as usual , there to remain until noon next day . He evidently did some thinking , for when Anne went up to her room a little later she heard him calling her name softly . Going in , she found him sitting up in bed , with his elbows on his knees and his chin propped on his hands . `` Anne , '' he said solemnly , `` is it wrong for everybody to tell whop ... falsehoods ? I want to know ? '' `` Yes , indeed . '' `` Is it wrong for a grown-up person ? '' `` Yes . '' `` Then , '' said Davy decidedly , `` Marilla is bad , for SHE tells them . And she 's worse 'n me , for I did n't know it was wrong but she does . '' `` Davy Keith , Marilla never told a story in her life , '' said Anne indignantly . `` She did so . She told me last Tuesday that something dreadful WOULD happen to me if I did n't say my prayers every night . And I have n't said them for over a week , just to see what would happen ... and nothing has , '' concluded Davy in an aggrieved tone . Anne choked back a mad desire to laugh with the conviction that it would be fatal , and then earnestly set about saving Marilla 's reputation . `` Why , Davy Keith , '' she said solemnly , `` something dreadful HAS happened to you this very day . '' Davy looked sceptical . `` I s ` pose you mean being sent to bed without any supper , '' he said scornfully , `` but THAT is n't dreadful .
Course , I do n't like it , but I 've been sent to bed so much since I come here XXXXX I 'm getting used to it .
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