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Mother Carey enjoyed it so much from Peter that she even permitted it to be taken up by the elder children. "You mustn't have ideas after nine P.M., Nancy!" chided her mother. "Wrap the blue blanket around you and sit down with me near the fire." MOTHER CAREY ENJOYED IT SO MUCH FROM PETER THAT SHE EVEN PERMITTED IT TO BE TAKEN UP BY THE ELDER CHILDREN YOU MUSTN'T HAVE IDEAS AFTER NINE P M NANCY CHIDED HER MOTHER WRAP THE BLUE BLANKET ROUND YOU AND SIT DOWN WITH ME NEAR THE FIRE
body would ever adopt Julia," returned Nancy. "If she was yours you couldn't help it; you'd just take her 'to the Lord in prayer,' as the Sunday-school hymn says, but you'd never go out and adopt her." Matters were in this uncertain and unsettled state when Nancy came into her mother's room one evening when the rest of the house was asleep. "I saw your light, so I knew you were reading, Muddy. I've had such a bright idea I couldn't rest." "Muddy" is not an attractive name unless you happen to know its true derivation and significance. First there was "mother dear," and as persons under fifteen are always pressed for time and uniformly breathless, this appellation was shortened to "Motherdy," and Peter being unable to struggle with that term, had abbreviated it into "Muddy." "Muddy" in itself is undistinguished and even unpleasant, but when accompanied by a close strangling hug, pats on the cheek, and ardent if somewhat sticky kisses, grows by degrees to possess delightful associations.  JUST TO KEEP GLADYS COMPANY NOBODY WOULD EVER ADOPT JULIA RETURNED NANCY IF SHE WAS YOURS YOU COULDN'T HELP IT YOU'D HAVE TO JUST TAKE HER TO THE LORD IN PRAYER AS THE SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN SAYS BUT YOU'D NEVER GO OUT AND ADOPT HER MATTERS WERE IN THIS UNCERTAIN AND UNSETTLED STATE WHEN NANCY CAME INTO HER MOTHER'S ROOM ONE EVENING WHEN THE REST OF THE HOUSE WAS ASLEEP I SAW YOUR LIGHT SO I KNEW YOU WERE READING MUDDY I'VE HAD SUCH A BRIGHT IDEA I COULDN'T REST MUDDY IS NOT AN ATTRACTIVE NAME UNLESS YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW ITS TRUE DERIVATION AND SIGNIFICANCE FIRST THERE WAS MOTHER DEAR AND AS PERSONS UNDER FIFTEEN ARE ALWAYS PRESSED FOR TIME AND UNIFORMLY BREATHLESS THIS APPELLATION WAS SHORTENED TO MOTHER DAY AND PETER BEING UNABLE TO STRUGGLE WITH THAT TERM HOW TOBBREVIATE IT TO MUDDY MUDDY IN ITSELF IS UNDISTINGUISHED AND EVEN UNPLEASANT BUT WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY A CLOSE STRANGLING HUG PATS ON THE CHEEK AND ARDENT IF SOMEWHAT STICKY KISSES GROWS BY DEGREES TO POSSESS DELIGHTFUL ASSOCIATIONS
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