`` Of course , it 's not right to talk MEAN gossip , but the harmless kind does n't hurt . If I say to you that Emmy MacPhail is going to get a new fur collar this winter , THAT is harmless gossip , but if I say I do n't see how Emmy MacPhail can afford a new fur collar when her father ca n't pay my father for the oats he got from him , that would be MEAN gossip . If I were you , Sara , I 'd put MEAN gossip . '' Sara consented to this amendment . `` I will be polite to everybody , '' was my third resolution , which passed without comment . `` I 'll try not to use slang since Cecily does n't like it , '' wrote Dan . `` I think some slang is real cute , '' said Felicity . `` The Family Guide says it 's very vulgar , '' grinned Dan . `` Does n't it , Sara Stanley ? '' `` Do n't disturb me , '' said the Story Girl dreamily . `` I 'm just thinking a beautiful thought . '' `` I 've thought of a resolution to make , '' cried Felicity . `` Mr. Marwood said last Sunday we should always try to think beautiful thoughts and then our lives would be very beautiful . So I shall resolve to think a beautiful thought every morning before breakfast . '' `` Can you only manage one a day ? '' queried Dan . `` And why before breakfast ? '' I asked . `` Because it 's easier to think on an empty stomach , '' said Peter , in all good faith . But Felicity shot a furious glance at him .
`` I selected that time , '' she explained with dignity , `` because when I 'm brushing my hair XXXXX my glass in the morning I 'll see my resolution and remember it . ''
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