`` Better resolve not to cry about anything , '' said Dan kindly . Sara Ray shook her head forlornly . `` That would be too hard to keep . There are times when I HAVE to cry . It 's a relief . '' `` Not to the folks who have to hear you , '' muttered Dan aside to Cecily . `` Oh , hush , '' whispered Cecily back . `` Do n't go and hurt her feelings the last night of the old year . Is it my turn again ? Well , I 'll resolve not to worry because my hair is not curly . But , oh , I 'll never be able to help wishing it was . '' `` Why do n't you curl it as you used to do , then ? '' asked Dan . `` You know very well that I 've never put my hair up in curl papers since the time Peter was dying of the measles , '' said Cecily reproachfully . `` I resolved then I would n't because I was n't sure it was quite right . '' `` I will keep my finger-nails neat and clean , '' I wrote . `` There , that 's four resolutions . I 'm not going to make any more . Four 's enough . '' `` I shall always think twice before I speak , '' wrote Felix .
`` That 's an awful waste of time , '' commented XXXXX , `` but I guess you 'll need to if you 're always going to say what you think . ''
Cecily Dan Felix Peter Ray finger-nails head measles right time