“Oh, I know it pretty nearly all now⁠—all but just the last line.”

“Well, never mind, do as I tell you. Go to your room and finish learning it well, and stay there until I call you down to help me get tea.”

“Can I take the apple blossoms with me for company?” pleaded Anne.

“No; you don’t want your room cluttered up with flowers. You should have left them on the tree in the first place.”

“I did feel a little that way, too,” said Anne. “I kind of felt I shouldn’t shorten their lovely lives by picking them⁠—I wouldn’t want to be picked if I were an apple blossom. But the temptation was irresistible . What do you do when you meet with an irresistible temptation?”

“Anne, did you hear me tell you to go to your room?”