Avonlea is a lovely name . It just sounds like music . How far is it to White Sands ? '' `` It 's five miles ; and as you 're evidently bent on talking you might as well talk to some purpose by telling me what you know about yourself . '' `` Oh , what I KNOW about myself is n't really worth telling , '' said Anne eagerly . `` If you 'll only let me tell you what I IMAGINE about myself you 'll think it ever so much more interesting . '' `` No , I do n't want any of your imaginings . Just you stick to bald facts . Begin at the beginning . Where were you born and how old are you ? '' `` I was eleven last March , '' said Anne , resigning herself to bald facts with a little sigh . `` And I was born in Bolingbroke , Nova Scotia . My father 's name was Walter Shirley , and he was a teacher in the Bolingbroke High School . My mother 's name was Bertha Shirley . Are n't Walter and Bertha lovely names ? I 'm so glad my parents had nice names . It would be a real disgrace to have a father named -- well , say Jedediah , would n't it ? '' `` I guess it does n't matter what a person 's name is as long as he behaves himself , '' said Marilla , feeling herself called upon to inculcate a good and useful moral . `` Well , I do n't know . '' Anne looked thoughtful .
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