How do you account for that ? '' `` It might have happened anyhow , '' said the Story Girl -- somewhat less assuredly , though . `` It might . But I 'd just as soon Peg Bowen did n't look at MY cows , '' said Peter . `` As if you had any cows ! '' giggled Felicity . `` I 'm going to have cows some day , '' said Peter , flushing . `` I do n't mean to be a hired boy all my life . I 'll have a farm of my own and cows and everything . You 'll see if I wo n't . '' `` I dreamed last night that we opened the blue chest , '' said the Story Girl , `` and all the things were there -- the blue china candlestick -- only it was brass in the dream -- and the fruit basket with the apple on it , and the wedding dress , and the embroidered petticoat . And we were laughing , and trying the things on , and having such fun . And Rachel Ward herself came and looked at us -- so sad and reproachful -- and we all felt ashamed , and I began to cry , and woke up crying . '' `` I dreamed last night that Felix was thin , '' said Peter , laughing . `` He did look so queer . His clothes just hung loose , and he was going round trying to hold them on . '' Everybody thought this was funny , except Felix . He would not speak to Peter for two days because of it . Felicity also got into trouble because of her dreams . One night she woke up , having just had a very exciting dream ; but she went to sleep again , and in the morning she could not remember the dream at all .
Felicity determined she would never let another dream get away from her in such a fashion ; and the next time she wakened XXXXX the night -- having dreamed that she was dead and buried -- she promptly arose , lighted a candle , and proceeded to write the dream down then and there .
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