The Honorable Crimson Tree And Other Tales of China for Boys And Girls
The Honorable Crimson Tree And Other Tales of China for Boys And Girls
Anita B Anita Brockway Ferris
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Without removing her eye from the hole, Mai-ling shook a warning finger at her cousin. Precious Pearl shuddered. Oh, why had 50 THE HONORABLE CRIMSON TREE she let Mai-ling coax her into coming? What would people say if they should happen to be discovered- -two girls- -listening and peeping into a boys' school? Precious Pearl felt sick at the thought. And what would her mother and father say? "Mai-ling, I want to go home, ' : she whispered, almost crying. "Do come, Mai-ling. It isn't safe here. ...' But Mai-ling did not hear. Through the tear in the paper she saw the honorable teacher turn a large ball-like thing around before the class. "Here is our great country, China/ : he was saying. "And here, away on the other side of the earth, is America, where the missionary who killed the tiger came from. The earth is round, you see- "But, but why didn't he fall off before he got here?' exclaimed Mai-ling, utterly for- getting in her excitement that she w r as fairly shouting through the hole in the paper.
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