We did get books for Christmas. "Daddy Longlegs" and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Both are about orphans of one kind or another. Judy is a real orphan with a benefactor named Jarvis Pendleton but she only knows him as Daddy Longlegs. She has a hard time when she goes away to school but in the end -- oh, I can't give away the end.
Rebecca reminds Blanche and me of Maarie, except it's Rebecca's father who died. She goes to live with her aunts Miranda and Jane to get an education. It's Aunt Ruth and Aunt Fannie who are going to educate Maarie. It's a good thing she has aunts who teach school, and not some other work. Rebecca is always in some awful scrape but gets out of trouble and learns good lessons.
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