`` Mother , did you go away and let everything be , just to see how we 'd get on ? '' cried Meg , who had had suspicions all day . `` Yes , I wanted you to see how the comfort of all depends on each doing her share faithfully . While Hannah and I did your work , you got on pretty well , though I do n't think you were very happy or amiable . So I thought , as a little lesson , I would show you what happens when everyone thinks only of herself . Do n't you feel that it is pleasanter to help one another , to have daily duties which make leisure sweet when it comes , and to bear and forbear , that home may be comfortable and lovely to us all ? '' `` We do , Mother , we do ! '' cried the girls . `` Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again , for though they seem heavy sometimes , they are good for us , and lighten as we learn to carry them . Work is wholesome , and there is plenty for everyone . It keeps us from ennui and mischief , is good for health and spirits , and gives us a sense of power and independence better than money or fashion . '' `` We 'll work like bees , and love it too , see if we do n't , '' said Jo . `` I 'll learn plain cooking for my holiday task , and the next dinner party I have shall be a success . '' `` I 'll make the set of shirts for father , instead of letting you do it , Marmee . I can and I will , though I 'm not fond of sewing . That will be better than fussing over my own things , which are plenty nice enough as they are . '' said Meg . `` I 'll do my lessons every day , and not spend so much time with my music and dolls . I am a stupid thing , and ought to be studying , not playing , '' was Beth 's resolution , while Amy followed their example by heroically declaring , `` I shall learn to make buttonholes , and attend to my parts of speech . '' `` Very good !
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