`` You said the other day you thought we were a deal happier than the King children , for they were fighting and fretting all the time , in spite of their money . '' `` So I did , Beth . Well , I think we are . For though we do have to work , we make fun of ourselves , and are a pretty jolly set , as Jo would say . '' `` Jo does use such slang words ! '' observed Amy , with a reproving look at the long figure stretched on the rug . Jo immediately sat up , put her hands in her pockets , and began to whistle . `` Do n't , Jo . It 's so boyish ! '' `` That 's why I do it . '' `` I detest rude , unladylike girls ! '' `` I hate affected , niminy-piminy chits ! '' `` Birds in their little nests agree , '' sang Beth , the peacemaker , with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh , and the `` pecking '' ended for that time . `` Really , girls , you are both to be blamed , '' said Meg , beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion . `` You are old enough to leave off boyish tricks , and to behave better , Josephine . It did n't matter so much when you were a little girl , but now you are so tall , and turn up your hair , you should remember that you are a young lady . '' `` I 'm not ! And if turning up my hair makes me one , I 'll wear it in two tails till I 'm twenty , '' cried Jo , pulling off her net , and shaking down a chestnut mane . `` I hate to think I 've got to grow up , and be Miss March , and wear long gowns , and look as prim as a China Aster ! It 's bad enough to be a girl , anyway , when I like boy 's games and work and manners !
I ca n't get over my disappointment in not being a XXXXX .
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