by Kitsumi » 03/25/2012 4:39 AM
Alice simply grinned, entirely unapologetic. "Don't worry, mother...I'll read all about it later. You know that I can't listen to any one thing for long. But I can remember it if I read it for myself, you know that I will. But are we done for today? It's finally warm enough to play outside, and I've been waiting to go play all day! I want to see if the creek has finally thawed, and if there are any new baby animals around. There usually are, this time of the year, you kn-"
Abruptly, Alice's mother cut her off with an angry look. "Young lady, you need to learn to respect your elders, especially by listening to them. You seem to have no problem with talking, though...if you keep rambling on like that, you're sure to bore everyone you meet. How will you ever get a man that way?"
Alice looked down, embarrassed and hurt by her mother's harshly spoken words. Sighing, her mother stood. "Go outside, if you wish. You're not going to learn anything more today. But we will have a quiz on the war tomorrow. And if you do not get every answer correct, you will be grounded and forced to stay indoors for one week. Do you hear me, young lady?"
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