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1IT'S time Anne was in to do her sewing," said Marilla, glancing at the clock and then out into the yellow August
2afternoon where everything drowsed in the heat. "She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more 'n I gave her
3leave to; and now she's perched out there on the woodpile talking to Matthew, nineteen to the dozen, when she knows
4perfectly well she ought to be at her work. And of course he's listening to her like a perfect ninny. I never saw such
5an infatuated man. The more she talks and the odder the things she says, the more he's delighted evidently. Anne
6Shirley, you come right in here this minute, do you hear me!" A series of staccato taps on the west window brought Anne
7flying in from the yard, eyes shining, cheeks faintly flushed with pink, unbraided hair streaming behind her in a
8torrent of brightness. "Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed breathlessly, "there's going to be a Sunday-school picnic next
9week--in Mr. Harmon Andrews's field, right near the lake of Shining Waters. And Mrs. Superintendent Bell and Mrs. Rachel
10Lynde are going to make ice cream--think of it, Marilla--ice cream! And, oh, Marilla, can I go to it?" "Just look at the
11clock, if you please, Anne. What time did I tell you to come in?" "Two o'clock--but isn't it splendid about the picnic,
12Marilla? Please can I go? Oh, I've never been to a picnic--I've dreamed of picnics, but I've never--" "Yes, I told you
13to come at two o'clock. And it's a quarter to three. I'd like to know why you didn't obey me, Anne." "Why, I meant to,
14Marilla, as much as could be. But you have no idea how fascinating Idlewild is. And then, of course, I had to tell
15Matthew about the picnic. Matthew is such a sympathetic listener. Please can I go?" "You'll have to learn to resist the
16fascination of Idle-whatever-you-call-it. When I tell you to come in at a certain time I mean that time and not half an
17hour later. And you needn't stop to discourse with sympathetic listeners on your way, either. As for the picnic, of
18course you can go. You're a Sunday-school scholar, and it's not likely I'd refuse to let you go when all the other
19little girls are going." "But--but," faltered Anne, "Diana says that everybody must take a basket of things to eat. I
20can't cook, as you know, Marilla, and--and--I don't mind going to a picnic without puffed sleeves so much, but I'd feel
21terribly humiliated if I had to go without a basket. It's been preying on my mind ever since Diana told me." "Well, it
22needn't prey any longer. I'll bake you a basket." "Oh, you dear good Marilla. Oh, you are so kind to me. Oh, I'm so much
23obliged to you." Getting through with her "ohs" Anne cast herself into Marilla's arms and rapturously kissed her sallow
24cheek. It was the first time in her whole life that childish lips had voluntarily touched Marilla's face. Again that
25sudden sensation of startling sweetness thrilled her. She was secretly vastly pleased at Anne's impulsive caress, which
26was probably the reason why she said brusquely: "There, there, never mind your kissing nonsense. I'd sooner see you
27doing strictly as you're told. As for cooking, I mean to begin giving you lessons in that some of these days. But you're
28so featherbrained, Anne, I've been waiting to see if you'd sober down a little and learn to be steady before I begin.
29You've got to keep your wits about you in cooking and not stop in the middle of things to let your thoughts rove all
30over creation. Now, get out your patchwork and have your square done before teatime." "I do not like patchwork," said
31Anne dolefully, hunting out her workbasket and sitting down before a little heap of red and white diamonds with a sigh.
32"I think some kinds of sewing would be nice; but there's no scope for imagination in patchwork. It's just one little
33seam after another and you never seem to be getting anywhere. But of course I'd rather be Anne of Green Gables sewing
34patchwork than Anne of any other place with nothing to do but play. I wish time went as quick sewing patches as it does
35when I'm playing with Diana, though. Oh, we do have such elegant times, Marilla. I have to furnish most of the
36imagination, but I'm well able to do that. Diana is simply perfect in every other way. You know that little piece of
37land across the brook that runs up between our farm and Mr. Barry's. It belongs to Mr. William Bell, and right in the
38corner there is a little ring of white birch trees--the most romantic spot, Marilla. Diana and I have our playhouse
39there. We call it Idlewild. Isn't that a poetical name? I assure you it took me some time to think it out. I stayed
40awake nearly a whole night before I invented it. Then, just as I was dropping off to sleep, it came like an inspiration.
41Diana was enraptured when she heard it. We have got our house fixed up elegantly. You must come and see it,
42Marilla--won't you? We have great big stones, all covered with moss, for seats, and boards from tree to tree for
43shelves. And we have all our dishes on them. Of course, they're all broken but it's the easiest thing in the world to
44imagine that they are whole. There's a piece of a plate with a spray of red and yellow ivy on it that is especially
45beautiful. We keep it in the parlor and we have the fairy glass there, too. The fairy glass is as lovely as a dream.
46Diana found it out in the woods behind their chicken house. It's all full of rainbows--just little young rainbows that
47haven't grown big yet--and Diana's mother told her it was broken off a hanging lamp they once had. But it's nice to
48imagine the fairies lost it one night when they had a ball, so we call it the fairy glass. Matthew is going to make us a
49table. Oh, we have named that little round pool over in Mr. Barry's field Willowmere. I got that name out of the book
50Diana lent me. That was a thrilling book, Marilla. The heroine had five lovers. I'd be satisfied with one, wouldn't you?
51She was very handsome and she went through great tribulations. She could faint as easy as anything. I'd love to be able
52to faint, wouldn't you, Marilla? It's so romantic. But I'm really very healthy for all I'm so thin. I believe I'm
53getting fatter, though. Don't you think I am? I look at my elbows every morning when I get up to see if any dimples are
54coming. Diana is having a new dress made with elbow sleeves. She is going to wear it to the picnic. Oh, I do hope it
55will be fine next Wednesday. I don't feel that I could endure the disappointment if anything happened to prevent me from
56getting to the picnic. I suppose I'd live through it, but I'm certain it would be a lifelong sorrow. It wouldn't matter
57if I got to a hundred picnics in after years; they wouldn't make up for missing this one. They're going to have boats on
58the Lake of Shining Waters--and ice cream, as I told you. I have never tasted ice cream. Diana tried to explain what it
59was like, but I guess ice cream is one of those things that are beyond imagination." "Anne, you have talked even on for
60ten minutes by the clock," said Marilla. "Now, just for curiosity's sake, see if you can hold your tongue for the same
61length of time." Anne held her tongue as desired. But for the rest of the week she talked picnic and thought picnic and
62dreamed picnic. On Saturday it rained and she worked herself up into such a frantic state lest it should keep on raining
63until and over Wednesday that Marilla made her sew an extra patchwork square by way of steadying her nerves. On Sunday
64Anne confided to Marilla on the way home from church that she grew actually cold all over with excitement when the
65minister announced the picnic from the pulpit. "Such a thrill as went up and down my back, Marilla! I don't think I'd
66ever really believed until then that there was honestly going to be a picnic. I couldn't help fearing I'd only imagined
67it. But when a minister says a thing in the pulpit you just have to believe it." "You set your heart too much on things,
68Anne," said Marilla, with a sigh. "I'm afraid there'll be a great many disappointments in store for you through life."
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