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Lucy Maud Montgomery follows Anne up the stairs to the east gable room by candlelight. The plain sentence carries Anne from the kitchen into the bedroom and lets the cleanness of the hall and chamber stand in for Marilla Cuthbert's strict, lonely housekeeping at Green Gables. The passage holds candle, hall, table, gable, and chamber — five sturdy chapter-three words to copy.
Marilla lighted a candle and told Anne to follow her, which Anne spiritlessly did, taking her hat and carpet-bag from the hall table as she passed. The hall was fearsomely clean; the little gable cham...
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Narration Prompt
Tell me what happened when Anne walked into Green Gables and Marilla saw her for the first time.
Discussion Questions
- When Marilla Cuthbert saw Anne in the kitchen at Green Gables, what was the first thing Marilla said? How do you know Marilla was surprised — what in the story shows you?
- Anne thinks Marilla and Matthew do not want her because she is not a boy. How do you know Anne feels that way — what does Anne say or do? Tell about a time you felt nobody wanted you, or you saw someone else feel that way.
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Item 1
A stick of wax with a string in the middle that burns to give light.
Item 2
A piece of furniture with a flat top and legs, used for eating or working.
Item 3
The triangular part of a house wall under the slope of the roof.
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