`` That barking dog is for Boo , and the little yellow sled , so Molly can drag him to school , he always tumbles down so when it is slippery , '' continued Jill , proud of her superior knowledge , as she showed a small spotted animal hanging by its tail , with a red tongue displayed as if about to taste the sweeties in the horn below . `` Do n't talk about sleds , for mercy 's sake ! I never want to see another , and you would n't , either , if you had to lie with a flat-iron tied to your ankle , as I do , '' said Jack , with a kick of the well leg and an ireful glance at the weight attached to the other that it might not contract while healing . `` Well , I think plasters , and liniment , and rubbing , as bad as flat-irons any day . I do n't believe you have ached half so much as I have , though it sounds worse to break legs than to sprain your back , '' protested Jill , eager to prove herself the greater sufferer , as invalids are apt to be . `` I guess you would n't think so if you 'd been pulled round as I was when they set my leg . Caesar , how it did hurt ! '' and Jack squirmed at the recollection of it . `` You did n't faint away as I did when the doctor was finding out if my vertebrums were hurt , so now ! '' cried Jill , bound to carry her point , though not at all clear what vertebrae were . `` Pooh ! Girls always faint . Men are braver , and I did n't faint a bit in spite of all that horrid agony . '' `` You howled ; Frank told me so . Doctor said I was a brave girl , so you need n't brag , for you 'll have to go on a crutch for a while . I know that . '' `` You may have to use two of them for years , may be . I heard the doctor tell my mother so . I shall be up and about long before you will . Now then ! ''
Both children were getting excited , for the various pleasures of the day had been rather too much for them , and there is no knowing but they would have added the sad surprise of a quarrel to the pleasant ones of the day , if a cheerful whistle had not been XXXXX , as Ralph came in to light the candles and give the last artistic touches to the room .
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