`` I am not going to play to-day , '' she said , `` and I 'm not going to tell a single story . Aunt Janet wo n't let me put pebbles in my shoes , but I 've put a thistle next my skin on my back and it sticks into me if I lean back the least bit . And I 'm going to work buttonholes all over this cotton . I hate working buttonholes worse than anything in the world , so I 'm going to work them all day . '' `` What 's the good of working buttonholes on an old rag ? '' asked Felicity . `` It is n't any good . The beauty of penance is that it makes you feel uncomfortable . So it does n't matter what you do , whether it 's useful or not , so long as it 's nasty . Oh , I wonder how Sara is this morning . '' `` Mother 's going down this afternoon , '' said Felicity . `` She says none of us must go near the place till we know whether it is the measles or not . '' `` I 've thought of a great penance , '' said Cecily eagerly . `` Do n't go to the missionary meeting to-night . '' The Story Girl looked piteous . `` I thought of that myself -- but I CA N'T stay home , Cecily . It would be more than flesh and blood could endure . I MUST hear that missionary speak . They say he was all but eaten by cannibals once . Just think how many new stories I 'd have to tell after I 'd heard him !
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