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my back. That is well enough, but my nose is
too broad, I think; so sometimes when I sit
and study I put a doll’s clothcspin on it to
make it smaller; but when I take the
clothes-pin off, my nose springs right out again; so
there is no help for it, probably.
Why people say such a thing is a puzzle;
but they all, especially the boys, do say that I
am so self-important. I say I am not—not in
the least—and I must surely know best about
myself, now that I am as old as I am. But
I ask you giris whether it is pleasant to have
boys pull your braids, or call you “ Ginger,”
or to have them stand and whistle and give
cat-calls down by the garden wall, when they want
you to come out. I have said that they must
once for all understand that my braids must
be let alone, that I will not be whistled for in
that manner, and that I will come out when I
am ready and not before. And then they call
me self-important!
After me comes Karsten. He has a large,
fair face, light hair, and hig sticking-out ears.
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