When , three or four days later , those hailstones melted , the havoc they had wrought was plainly seen , for every green growing thing in the field or garden was cut off . Not only was every blossom stripped from the apple trees but great boughs and branches were wrenched away . And out of the two hundred trees set out by the Improvers by far the greater number were snapped off or torn to shreds . `` Can it possibly be the same world it was an hour ago ? '' asked Anne , dazedly . `` It MUST have taken longer than that to play such havoc . '' `` The like of this has never been known in Prince Edward Island , '' said Marilla , `` never . I remember when I was a girl there was a bad storm , but it was nothing to this . We 'll hear of terrible destruction , you may be sure . '' `` I do hope none of the children were caught out in it , '' murmured Anne anxiously . As it was discovered later , none of the children had been , since all those who had any distance to go had taken Mr. Andrews ' excellent advice and sought refuge at the post office . `` There comes John Henry Carter , '' said Marilla . John Henry came wading through the hailstones with a rather scared grin . `` Oh , ai n't this awful , Miss Cuthbert ? Mr. Harrison sent me over to see if yous had come out all right . '' `` We 're none of us killed , '' said Marilla grimly , `` and none of the buildings was struck . I hope you got off equally well . '' `` Yas 'm . Not quite so well , ma'am . We was struck .
The lightning knocked over the kitchen chimbly and come down the flue and knocked over Ginger 's cage and tore a hole XXXXX the floor and went into the sullar .
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