An Old-fashioned Girl

By: Alcott, Louisa May

"IT'S time to go to the station, Tom." "Come on, then." "Oh, I'm not going; it's too wet. Shouldn't have a crimp left if I went out such a day as this; and I want to look nice when Polly comes." "You don't expect me to go and bring home a strange girl alone, do you?" And Tom looked as much alarmed as if his sister had proposed to him to escort the wild woman of Australia. "Of course I do. It's your place to go and get her; and if you wasn't a bear, you'd like it." "Well, I call that mean I supposed I'd got to go; but you said you'd go, too. Catch me bothering about your friends another time No, sir " And Tom rose from the sofa with an air of indignant resolution, the impressive effect of which was somewhat damaged by a tousled head, and the hunched appearance of his garments generally. "Now, don't be cross; and I'll get mamma to let you have that horrid Ned Miller, that you are so fond of, come and make you a visit after Polly's gone," said Fanny, hoping to soothe his ruffled feelings. "How long is she going to stay?" demanded Tom, making his toilet by a promiscuous shake. "A month or two, maybe. She's ever so nice; and I shall keep her as long as she's happy." "She won't stay long then, if I can help it," muttered Tom, who regarded girls as a very unnecessary portion of creation. Boys of fourteen are apt to think so, and perhaps it is a wise arrangement; for, being fond of turning somersaults, they have an opportunity of indulging in a good one, metaphorically speaking, when, three or four years later, they become the abject slaves of "those bothering girls." "Look here how am I going to know the creature?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0863VQRY3
• ISBN13: 9798625598811
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"