`` They say Jem Blythe stuck out his tongue at her once and she would never have his father again , even when her husband was dying , '' said Jerry . `` I wonder what the Blythe gang will be like . '' `` I liked their looks , '' said Faith . The manse children had been at the station that afternoon when the Blythe small fry had arrived . `` I liked Jem 's looks ESPECIALLY . '' `` They say in school that Walter 's a sissy , '' said Jerry . `` I do n't believe it , '' said Una , who had thought Walter very handsome . `` Well , he writes poetry , anyhow . He won the prize the teacher offered last year for writing a poem , Bertie Shakespeare Drew told me . Bertie 's mother thought HE should have got the prize because of his name , but Bertie said he could n't write poetry to save his soul , name or no name . '' `` I suppose we 'll get acquainted with them as soon as they begin going to school , '' mused Faith . `` I hope the girls are nice . I do n't like most of the girls round here . Even the nice ones are poky . But the Blythe twins look jolly . I thought twins always looked alike , but they do n't . I think the red-haired one is the nicest . '' `` I liked their mother 's looks , '' said Una with a little sigh . Una envied all children their mothers . She had been only six when her mother died , but she had some very precious memories , treasured in her soul like jewels , of twilight cuddlings and morning frolics , of loving eyes , a tender voice , and the sweetest , gayest laugh .
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