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Ameliar-anne and 
 the Green Umbrella 
 
 Told in Words 
 
 By 
 
 Constance Heward 
 
 Told in Pictures 
 
 By 
 
 Susan Beatrice Pearse 
 
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Her name was Ameliar-anne 
 Stiggins. She was a pale child 
 with black hair which she 
 wore in curl rags from Friday 
 night till Sunday morning. 
 
Her mother was poor and 
 took in washing; 
 
Because, besides Ameliar-anne, 
 who was the eldest, there were 
 some five other little Stigginses 
 to feed. 
 
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Now, it happened one day just be- 
 fore Christmas that the five little 
 Stigginses had colds in their heads, 
 so Mrs. Stiggins sat them in a ring 
 in the kitchen with their feet in a 
 tub of mustard and water. 
 
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After that she put them 
 into a big bed and gave 
 them hot gruel to drink, 
 
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While Ameliar-anne stoodgloom- 
 ily by and shook her head, which 
 was covered with curl rags. The 
 reason for the curl rags was that 
 all the village children had been in- 
 vited to a grand tea-party at the 
 Squire's thenext day; and Ameliar- 
 anne was gloomy because it did not 
 seem as if the five little Stigginses 
 would be able to go. 
 
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Sure enough, the next day the colds 
 were worse, and at three o'clock in 
 the afternoon Ameliar-anne's hair 
 was taken out of the rags, and she 
 put on her Sunday dress and coat 
 and hat, and started oft to the tea- 
 party with twenty-five ringlets 
 bobbing about 'round her neck. 
 
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And the five little Stig- 
 ginses sat up in the big 
 bed and howled horribly 
 with disappointment. 
 

 
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 But Ameliar-anne had 
 hardly gotten out of the 
 front door before she was 
 back again. 
 
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"I want the umbrella," she said, 
 and she took it from the corner 
 in the parlor where it lived. It 
 was large and green, with a goose's 
 head for a handle. "It's never go- 
 ing to rain, Ameliar-anne," said 
 Mrs. Stiggins. "Whatever do you 
 want to take the umbrella for I 
 don't know." But Ameliar-anne 
 tossed her head and said she wasn't 
 so sure about the rain, and she 
 started off again with the green 
 umbrella clasped in one arm. 
 
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The Squire was a jolly 
 old man with a round red 
 face and a beard like 
 Father Christmas. 
 
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But the Squire's sister, Miss Jose- 
 phine, was a cross old maid, and 
 she thought it was a stupid thing 
 to give a tea-party to the village 
 children. She was always there to 
 see that they behaved themselves. 
 
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Now Miss Josephine's eagle-eve 
 was upon Ameliar-anne as she took 
 her seat at the great long table with 
 the other children and— "AME- 
 LIA ANNE STIGGINS," she 
 said, "what are you doing with that 
 great umbrella in here? You ought 
 to have left it in the hall with your 
 coat and hat." 
 
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"Oh, nothing, please,mum, "stam- 
 mered Ameliar-anne, trying to 
 hide the umbrella under the table; 
 and Miss Josephine stared very 
 hard at her and then went on to 
 find fault with somebody else. 
 
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What a tea that was! There were 
 cakes with pink icing and cherries 
 on the top, and jam tarts that 
 melted in one's mouth, and biscuit 
 with creamy insides, and scones 
 and buns! 
 
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Ameliar-anne seemed to be ter- 
 ribly hungry, for her plate was 
 nearly always empty, but though 
 she did not reach out and help her- 
 self, she was never allowed to wait 
 long, because there were a great 
 many smiling maids to pass the 
 cakes and fill up the tea-cups. 
 
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When tea was over, the 
 children went back to the 
 hall and put on their hats 
 and coats. 
 
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As they went out, a smart foot- 
 man at the door gave each child 
 an orange, an apple, and a bag of 
 sweets. Ameliar-anne took her 
 orange and apple and bag of sweets 
 and said, "Thank you, sir." 
 
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Ameliar-anne was almost the last 
 to go, because she had taken the 
 wrong hat and had to go back into 
 the house. 
 
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She was just ready to go through 
 the door again, when suddenly 
 Miss Josephine stepped forward, 
 "AMELIA ANNE STIGGINS," 
 she said, "I will put up your um- 
 brella for you," and she took it 
 firmly out of Ameliar-anne's hand. 
 
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"Oh, mum!" cried Amel- 
 iar-anne, and clutched 
 Miss Josephine's arm. 
 
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But Miss Josephine shook her off 
 and held up the umbrella and shot 
 it open, and out upon the floor, 
 in the bright light that came from 
 the hall lamp, fell jam tarts and 
 iced cakes and biscuits and scones. 
 "Greedy child!" said Miss Jose- 
 phine. 
 
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And Ameliar-anne cov- 
 ered her face with her 
 hands and wept. 
 
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But the Squire looked down at the 
 feast on the floor and patted Amel- 
 iar-anne kindly on the shoulder. 
 "Come, come!" he said, "It was 
 your own tea you put into the um- 
 brella. I know, because I watched 
 you and you never ate anything 
 at all." 
 
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"Oh, sir," cried Ameliar-anne, un- 
 covering her face, "I'm glad you 
 saw, 'cos I didn't take a bitmore'n 
 what I could easy have ate; and 
 the five of them's got colds in their 
 heads, and when I left them they 
 were all howlin' somethink awful, 
 and I couldn't bear to go home and 
 tell them everything and them not 
 have a bite, as you might say." 
 
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"Well, well," said the Squire, "I 
 thought there was somebody miss- 
 ing and, of course, there'll be five 
 teas left over, and I think we could 
 find a sixth, as this one is spoilt. 
 John"— to the smart footman— "a 
 basket, please, with cakes for six 
 people," and John went like a shot, 
 while Miss Josephine dropped the 
 umbrella and walked slowly past 
 Ameliar-anne and the Squire with 
 her nose in the air and a look of 
 horrified disgust on her face. 
 
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In two minutes John was 
 back again with a huge 
 basket covered with a 
 white cloth and— 
 
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Fifteen minutes later Ameliar- 
 anne staggered into the Stigginses' 
 house and upstairs to the bed- 
 room, with the huge basket on 
 one arm and the green umbrella 
 clutched in the other. 
 
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And the five little Stigginses sat 
 up in bed with their eyes nearly 
 starting out of their heads, and 
 Mrs. Stiggins sat bump upon a 
 chair, because she said it gave her 
 quite a turn, when Ameliar-anne 
 took the cover off the basket. 
 
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For inside that basket were cakes 
 enough for six and Mrs. Stiggins 
 as well; and oranges and apples and 
 bags of sweets; and, when every- 
 body had finished, Ameliar-anne 
 was sure that she must have eaten 
 quite twice as much as she had 
 meant to bring home in the green 
 umbrella. 
 
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