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CHAPTER I
OURSELVES, OUR TOWN, AND OTHER
THINGS
O URSELVES
There are four brothers and sisters of us at
home, and as I am the eldest, it is natural that
I should describe myself first. I am very tall
and slim (Mother calls it “ long and lanky ”) ;
and, sad to say, I have very large hands and
very large feet. “ My, what big feet!” our
horrid old shoemaker always says when he
measures me for a pair of new shoes. I feel
like punching his tousled head for him as he
kneels there taking my measure; for he has
said that so often now that I am sick and tired
of it.
My hair is in two long brown braids down
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