I often wish I could read and write as fast as our Cornelli does.

It is a great gift to be able to read and write easily, and everybody who can't do it knows that well.

Don't you like the pretty books your father has given you ?" "No, I don't.

They are pretty, but awfully tiresome, Martha," Cornelli assured her.

"There are all kinds of stories and descriptions in them of famous people and discoveries.