So we have decided to give honourable mention to everybody who has kept one resolution perfect . Felix has worked all his arithmetic problems by himself . He complains that he never got more than a third of them right and the teacher has marked him away down ; but one can not keep resolutions without some inconvenience . Peter has never played tit-tat-x in church or got drunk and says it was n't as bad as he expected . -LRB- PETER , INDIGNANTLY : `` I never said it . '' CECILY , SOOTHINGLY : `` Now , Peter , Bev only meant that as a joke . '' -RRB- Sara Ray has never talked any mean gossip , but does not find conversation as interesting as it used to be . -LRB- SARA RAY , WONDERINGLY : `` I do n't remember of saying that . '' -RRB- Felix did not eat any apples until March , but forgot and ate seven the day we were at Cousin Mattie 's . -LRB- FELIX : `` I only ate five ! '' -RRB- He soon gave up trying to say what he thought always . He got into too much trouble . We think Felix ought to change to old Grandfather King 's rule . It was , `` Hold your tongue when you can , and when you ca n't tell the truth . '' Cecily feels she has not read all the good books she might , because some she tried to read were very dull and the Pansy books were so much more interesting . And it is no use trying not to feel bad because her hair is n't curly and she has marked that resolution out . The Story Girl came very near to keeping her resolution to have all the good times possible , but she says she missed two , if not three , she might have had . Dan refuses to say anything about his resolutions and so does the editor . PERSONALS We regret that Miss Cecily King is suffering from a severe cold . Mr. Alexander Marr of Markdale died very suddenly last week .
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