Nelly thought I was killed, and began to cry with her mouth full.

But I picked myself up in a minute, for I was used to such tumbles; and did n't mind the pain half as much as the loss of the plums.
"'Hush! Debby will hear and spoil all the fun.

I said I 'd get 'em and I have.

See what lots have come down with me.'" So there had, for my fall shook the tree almost as much as it did me, and the green and purple fruit lay all about us.
"By the time the bump on my forehead had swelled as big as a nut, our aprons were half full, and we sat down to enjoy ourselves.

But we did n't.