`` No , but that 's just the worst of it . We 'll all be different and everything will be changed . '' `` Just think , '' said Cecily , `` last New Year 's Eve we were wondering what would happen this year ; and what a lot of things have happened that we never expected . Oh , dear ! '' `` If things never happened life would be pretty dull , '' said the Story Girl briskly . `` Oh , do n't look so dismal , all of you . '' `` It 's hard to be cheerful when everybody 's going away , '' sighed Cecily . `` Well , let 's pretend to be , anyway , '' insisted the Story Girl . `` Do n't let 's think of parting . Let 's think instead of how much we 've laughed this last year or so . I 'm sure I shall never forget this dear old place . We 've had so many good times here . '' `` And some bad times , too , '' reminded Felix . `` Remember when Dan et the bad berries last summer ? '' `` And the time we were so scared over that bell ringing in the house , '' grinned Peter . `` And the Judgment Day , '' added Dan . `` And the time Paddy was bewitched , '' suggested Sara Ray . `` And when Peter was dying of the measles , '' said Felicity . `` And the time Jimmy Patterson was lost , '' said Dan . `` Gee-whiz , but that scared me out of a year 's growth . ''
`` Do you remember the time we took the magic seed , '' grinned XXXXX .
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