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“You don't want me!” cried Anne. “You don’t want me
because I’m not a boy! Oh, what shall I do?”
Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert want a boy from the
orphanage to help them on their farm. But a thin little
girl is waiting for Matthew at Bright River Station. Anne,
a funny and sometimes difficult child, changes everybody's
life and wins everybody's love.

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Anne of Green Gables
Lucy M aud M ontgom ery

Level 2
Retold by A nne Collins
Series Editors: A n dy H opkins and Jocelyn Potter
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Activities 1 iv
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 Activities 1 CHAPTER

1.1 W h at’s the book about?

Talk about the picture on the front of this book.
Anne Arrives in Avonlea
1 How old is the girl?
“You don’t want me!” cried the child suddenly.
2 Where is she?
“You don’t want me because I ’m not a boy!”
3 What is she waiting for?
4 Why is nobody with her?
ne fine spring afternoon in Avonlea, Mrs. Rachel Lynde sat by
5 What is she thinking?
6 What is she feeling? O her kitchen window. She often sat there because she could see the
Avonlea road very well from there.
A man with a horse and buggy came up the road. It was Mrs. Lynde’s
1.2 W h at happens first? neighbor, Matthew Cuthbert.
Look at the name of Chapter 1 and the sentences in italics on page 1. “Where’s Matthew going?” thought Mrs. Lynde in surprise. “It’s half
Then look at the pictures in Chapter 1 and the words at the bottom of past three in the afternoon and he has a lot o f work on his farm. Where’s
the pages. Circle the best answers.
he going and why is he going there?”
Avonlea is in .... Matthew Cuthbert lived with his sister, Marilla, in Green Gables, a
the United States Mexico large old house near Mrs. Lynde’s home. Later, Mrs. Lynde walked to
The time is .... Green Gables.
the 1700s the 1800s the 1900s
CANADA
3 The girl and the man go to the house ....
by train by car by horse and buggy
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The girl is about....
nineteen
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eleven fourteen f lJ
The man is .... Q U EBEC
VJ ^NEWFOUNDLANDS?
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the girl's father the girl’s uncle a stranger
G BRIJN SW IC
On the way to the house, the girl is ....
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happy surprised sad
The man is .... Allantic Ocean
UNITED ,/ r
happy surprised sad
8 At the end of the chapter, the man and the woman are ....
happy excited sad
b u g g y /'bAgi/ (n) In past times, people sat in a buggy and a horse pulled it.
surprise /s^'praiz, sa'praiz/ (n) When a friend plans a surprise for you, you don’t know about it.
When you learn about it, you are very surprised.
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Marilla Cuthbert was busy in the kitchen. She was a tall, thin woman “I think you’re doing a very stupid thing, Marilla,” said Mrs. Lynde.
with gray hair. Marilla wasn’t young or pretty, and she didn’t smile very “You’re bringing a strange boy into your house. You don’t know anything
much. But she had a kind heart. She wasn’t surprised by Mrs. Lynde’s about him.
visit. “I read a story in the newspaper about an orphan. This child lived
“Hello, Marilla,” said Mrs. Lynde. “I saw Matthew on the road. with a Canadian family. The child lit a fire one night and the family died
Where’s he going?” in the fire. But it was a girl, not a boy.”
“To Bright River Station,” answered Marilla. “We’re getting a little “But we’re not getting a girl,” said Marilla. “We don’t want a girl.
boy from an orphanage in Nova Scotia. He’s coming on the train this We’re getting a boy.”
afternoon.”
Mrs. Lynde couldn’t speak. Then she said, “An orphan boy! Why do Bright River Station was about twelve kilometers from Avonlea. Matthew
you want an orphan boy?” drove there slowly in the buggy. When he arrived at Bright River, it was
“Matthew is sixty years old,” answered Marilla. “His heart isn’t very late. He couldn’t see a train.
strong. He wants a boy to help him on the farm. There was only one person at the station, a little girl about eleven
“We heard about Mrs. Spencer at White Sands. She’s getting a little years old. She was very thin with large gray eyes and long red hair. She
girl from the orphanage. Matthew and I want a little boy. Mrs. Spencer wore a short, ugly dress and carried an old bag.
went to the orphanage today. She’s bringing a boy back on the train and
she’s going to leave him at the station. Matthew will meet him there.”

heart /hart/ (n) When your heart stops, you are going to die. People say that your feelings
come from your heart.
orphan /'orfan/ (n) An orphan has no parents because they are dead. An orphanage is a
home for a lot of orphans.
 Anne o f Green Gables Chapter 1 —Anne Arrives in Avonlea

“I was late,” said Matthew slowly. “I ’m sorry.” He took the little girl’s
bag and they walked to the buggy. “I can’t leave this child at the station,”
he thought. “I’ll take her back to Green Gables. Marilla can tell her about
the mistake.”
The girl got into the buggy and Matthew drove home. The child
talked and talked. Matthew listened. He was a quiet man and he
was usually afraid o f little girls. But he liked listening to this girl’s
conversation.
“Look at those trees with the beautiful white flowers,” said the girl. “I
love the color white. I’d like a beautiful white dress. I never had a pretty
dress. They only gave us ugly clothes at the orphanage. I know I’m going
to be very happy with you. But one thing makes me sad. Look at my
hair. What color is it?”
“Isn’t it red?” asked Matthew.
“Yes,” said the little girl sadly. “It’s red.
I hate my red hair.”
It was evening when they arrived at
Green Gables. Marilla came to the
door and looked at the child in
surprise.

When she saw Matthew, she smiled. Then she put out her hand. “Are
you Mr. Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables?” she asked. “I’m from the
orphanage. Mrs. Spencer brought me here.”
Matthew took the child’s hand. “There’s a mistake,” he thought. “This
is a girl, not a boy!”
“When you weren’t here at the station,” said the child, “I thought,
‘I can sleep in that big tree tonight. I know he’ll come in the morning.’
I know it’s a long way to your house. Mrs. Spencer told me. But I love
driving. And I’m going to have a home with you. That’s wonderful. I
never had a home.”

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“Who’s this, Matthew?” she asked. “ Where’s the boy?” Marilla went downstairs and washed the plates. Matthew sat in a
“There wasn’t a boy,” said Matthew unhappily. “There was only her. I chair. He didn’t say very much.
couldn’t leave her at the station.” “I’ll drive to Mrs. Spencer’s house tomorrow,” said Marilla, “and I’ll
“No boy!” said Marilla. “But we asked Mrs. Spencer for a boy!” ask her about this mistake. We’ll have to send this child back.”
“You don’t want me!” cried the child suddenly. “You don’t want me “She’s a very nice little girl,” said Matthew slowly, “and very
because I’m not a boy! Oh, what shall I do?” interesting. She likes to talk. And she wants to stay with us.”
“Don’t cry,” said Marilla. “We can’t send you back to the orphanage Marilla was very surprised. “But, Matthew, she can’t stay here,” she
tonight. You’ll have to stay here. What’s your name?” said. “A girl can’t help you on the farm.”
The child stopped crying. “Can you call me Cordelia?” she asked. “But maybe we can help her,” answered Matthew quietly.
“Cordelia! Is that your name?” asked Marilla in surprise. “I’m going to send her back to the orphanage,” said Marilla. “I don’t
“No,” said the child sadly. “But Cordelia is a prettier name than mine. want an orphan girl.”
My name is Anne Shirley. Anne with an e’. But please call me Cordelia.” “All right, Marilla,” said Matthew. “I’m going to bed now.”
“No,” said Marilla, but she smiled. “Anne is a very good name. Now Marilla put the plates away and went to bed, too. And in the room
come and eat something, Anne.” upstairs, the little orphan girl cried and cried.
Anne sat down at the table but she couldn’t
eat anything. So Marilla took her upstairs to a
small bedroom. Anne took off her clothes
and got sadly into bed.

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Anne of Green Gables

2.1 W ere you right? 2.3 Language in use

Look back at Activity 1.2 on page iv.Then write notes about Matthew, Look at the sentence in the box. Then put the
Marilla, and Anne. right words in each sentence below.

hate + wear like + be love + watch

like + work love + talk like + listen

1 Mrs. Lynde............................ ..................................... her neighbors.

2 Anne..................................... ............................in the buggy.

Name:........................... Name:........................... Name:................. 3 Matthew............................... ..................................to Anne.

Age: .............................. Age:............................... Hair:..................... 4 Anne..................................... ............................the ugly orphanage clothes.
Problems: ........... Hair:.............................. Doesn’t want:..... 5 Anne.....................................
heart Eyes-
6 Matthew..................................................................on the farm.
Wants:........................... Wants: ........... Lives at: ...fTr.e.e.vT.
+o help him G-ables

2.2 W h at more did you learn? 2.4 W h at's next?

1 Are the sentences right (/ ) or wrong (X)? 1 At the end of Chapter 1, which of these is right? Check (/ ) one
sentence.
a Matthew is Manila’s husband,
a Matthew doesn't want Anne to stay,
b Mrs. Lynde thinks an orphan boy is a good idea,
b Marilla doesn’t want Anne to stay,
c The train arrives at the station before Matthew,
c Anne doesn't want to stay.
d The girl doesn't talk on the way home,

e At the orphanage the girl had only pretty dresses, 2 Which of these will happen? Check (/ ) one sentence.

f Marilla is going to send the child back,

e Anne will stay at Green Gables,
g The girl likes the name Anne.
f Matthew will send Anne back to the orphanage.
h Anne is very happy at the end of her first day at Green Gables.

2 What do you think is in Anne's old bag? Talk to other students. 3 The name of Chapter 2 is “A Sad Story." Who has a sad story, do you
think? What is the story? Talk to other students.
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Chapter 2 - A Sad Story

A Sad Story After breakfast, Anne washed the plates and cups. Marilla watched
carefully, but Anne did the job well.
“ They wanted to be kind, ” Anne said slowly. “But they “This afternoon I’m going to drive to White Sands,” Marilla said.
were always very tired. They couldn’t really be kind to me. ” “You’ll come with me, Anne, and we’ll talk to Mrs. Spencer.”
Matthew didn’t say anything, but he looked very sad. Later, he got the
hen Anne woke up the next morning, she felt happy. She jumped
W out o f bed and ran to the window.
It was a beautiful morning. The sun shone and the sky was blue. Anne
horse and buggy ready for Marilla. Marilla drove, and Anne sat next to her.
“Is it a long way to White Sands?” asked Anne.
“About eight kilometers,” answered Marilla. “I know you like to talk,
opened the window. Outside, there was a fruit tree with beautiful flowers. Anne. So tell me your story.”
Anne could see many other trees and flowers, and a small river, too. “It isn’t very interesting,” said Anne. “I was born in Bolingbroke in
“This is a wonderful place!” she thought. Then, suddenly, she Nova Scotia, and I was eleven last March. My parents were teachers. But
remembered. She felt very sad again. “But I can’t stay here,” she thought. they died when I was a baby. So their cleaner, Mrs. Thomas, and her
“They don’t want me because I’m not a boy.” husband took me into their house.
Marilla came into the room. “Good morning, Anne,” she said.
“Breakfast is waiting. Wash your face and put on your clothes.”
“I’m feeling very hungry,” Anne said. “I can never be sad in the
mornings. I love mornings.”

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“Mrs. Thomas had four children. I helped her with them. But then “Here’s Mrs. Blewett now.”
Mr. Thomas died in an accident. Mrs. Thomas and the children went to Mrs. Blewett had small, cold eyes.
Mr. Thomas’s parents. They didn’t want me. “This is Marilla Cuthbert from Green Gables,” Mrs. Spencer told her.
“Then Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Thomas’s friend, took me into her “And this little girl is from the orphanage. I brought her for Marilla but
house. She had eight children. They were very hard work. Then Mrs. Marilla wants a boy. Would you like her?”
Hammond moved away. I had to go to the orphanage because nobody Mrs. Blewett looked at Anne for a long time. She didn’t smile. “She’s
wanted me. I was there for four months.” very thin,” she said. “I hope she’s strong. She’ll have to work hard. Yes,
“Did you go to school?” asked Marilla. Mrs. Spencer, I ’ll take this girl. She can come home with me now.”
“No, not often,” answered Anne. “I didn’t have time. I was always Marilla looked at Anne’s unhappy face. “I can’t give Anne to Mrs.
busy with the children. But I like reading very much.” Blewett,” she thought. “Wait,” she said. “First I have to discuss things
“Were these women—Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hammond—kind to with my brother, Matthew. He wants Anne to stay with us.”
you?” asked Marilla.
“They wanted to be kind,” Anne said
slowly. “But they were always very tired.
They couldn’t really be kind to me.”
Marilla suddenly felt very sorry for
Anne. The little girl’s life was very sad.
Nobody wanted her or loved her.
When Mrs. Spencer saw Marilla
and Anne, she was very surprised.
Marilla told her about the problem.
“I ’m very sorry,” answered Mrs.
Spencer. “I made a mistake. But I
have an idea. My neighbor, Mrs.
Blewett, has a new baby. She wants
a girl to help her. Anne can go and
live with her.”
“Oh,” said Marilla. She knew
about Mrs. Blewett. Mrs. Blewett had
a lot o f children, but she wasn’t very
kind to them.
“Look!” said Mrs. Spencer.

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Anne of Green Gables

Red Hair
“She’s very thin, Marilla. A nd her hair is as red as carrots!
Come here, child. I want to see you. ”

ext day, Marilla didn’t tell Anne about her conversation with
N Matthew. She gave Anne a lot of work in the kitchen.
“Marilla,” said Anne excitedly, “I have to know about my future.
Please tell me. Are you going to send me away?”
“No,” said Marilla. “You can stay at Green Gables with Matthew
and me. But you have to be good.”
Anne started to cry.
“Why are you crying?” asked Marilla in surprise. Dont you want to
stay with us? Don’t you like Green Gables?”
“Oh, yes, Marilla!” cried Anne. “I like it very much. I’m crying
because I’m very happy. And I’ll always be good.

Anne looked at Marilla in surprise. Then she jumped up and ran

across the room. “Can I really stay with you at Green Gables?” she asked.
“Did you really say that?”
“I don’t know,” said Marilla. “Now sit down and be quiet.”
When Marilla and Anne arrived at Green Gables, Matthew met them.
He was very happy when he saw Anne. Later, Marilla told him about
Mrs. Blewett. She told him Anne’s story, too. Matthew wasn’t usually
angry, but he was very angry about Mrs. Blewett.
“That Blewett woman is very unkind,” he said.
“I know,” said Marilla. “I don’t like her. All right, Matthew, Anne can
stay here with us. But I don’t know very much about children. I hope I
don’t make any mistakes with her.”
Thank you, Marilla,” said Matthew happily. “Anne’s a very
interesting little girl. Be good to her. Then she’ll always love you.”

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Some days later, Mrs. Lynde came to tea with Marilla. When she
arrived, Anne was outside. Marilla and Mrs. Lynde sat in the kitchen
and talked.
“I think you’re making a mistake,” said Mrs. Lynde. “You don’t know
anything about children.”
“No, but I can learn,” said Marilla.
Anne ran into the kitchen. She saw Mrs. Lynde and stopped.
“The Cuthberts didn’t take you for your pretty face!” Mrs. Lynde said.
“She’s very thin, Marilla. And her hair is as red as carrots! Come here,
child. I want to see you.”
Anne ran across the kitchen and
stood in front o f Mrs. Lynde. Her face
was red and angry. “I hate you!” she
cried. “I hate you—I hate you!”
“Anne!” cried Marilla.
“You’re a very rude woman,” “Anne, go to your room!” said Marilla. “Wait for me there!”
Anne told Mrs. Lynde. “And you’re Anne started to cry. Then she ran upstairs.
fat!” Mrs. Lynde got up from her chair. “I ’m going home now, Marilla,”
she said. “That child is very wild. You’ll have a lot of problems with her!”
“But you said unkind things about her!” said Marilla.
After Mrs. Lynde went home, Marilla went upstairs. “Why did Anne
say those things?” she thought unhappily. “Now Mrs. Lynde will tell
everybody in Avonlea about her.”
“Stop crying and listen to me, Anne,” she said. “You were very rude to
Mrs. Lynde. She was a visitor in my home.”
“But she was very unkind,” said Anne.
“I want you to say sorry to Mrs. Lynde,” said Marilla.
“Never!” said Anne. “I ’m not sorry.”
Marilla remembered something. When she was a child, her aunts
often talked about her. “Marilla isn’t a very pretty little girl,” they said.
“Maybe Mrs. Lynde was unkind,” said Marilla quietly. “But you have
carrot /'kzerat/ (n) A carrot is a long, orange vegetable. to say sorry. Stay here in your room!”
rude /rud/ (adj) When you are rude to somebody, your words are unkind.

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Chapter 3 - Red Hair

Next morning, Anne didn’t come down to breakfast. Marilla told “Yes, of course,” said Mrs. Lynde. “Find some flowers.”
Matthew the story. “She was very rude,” she said. Anne went out and closed the door behind her.
“But, Marilla,” said Matthew. “Mrs. Lynde doesn’t think before she “Anne is really sorry,” thought Marilla. “But she’s funny, too.”
speaks. Please don’t be angry with Anne.” “She’s a strange little girl,” said Mrs. Lynde to Marilla. “But she isn’t a
Anne stayed in her room all day. Marilla took food upstairs, but Anne bad child. I like her.”
didn’t eat very much. In the evening, Matthew went quietly up to Anne’s On the way home, Anne suddenly put her small hand into Marilla’s
room. hand. “I love Green Gables, Marilla,” she said. “It’s my home now.”
Anne was on a chair by the window.
She looked very small and unhappy.
Matthew felt very sorry for her. He
closed the door. “Please go and say sorry
to Mrs. Lynde, Anne,” he said.
“All right, Matthew,” said Anne. “I
wasn’t sorry yesterday, but I’m sorry now.
I’ll do it because you asked me.”
“Good,” said Matthew happily. “It’s
very quiet downstairs without you,
Anne.” He went quietly out of the room.
Later, Marilla and Anne walked to
Mrs. Lynde’s house.
“I’m very, very sorry, Mrs. Lynde,”
said Anne. “I was very rude to you. You
were right about my red hair. And I am
thin and ugly.”
Mrs. Lynde smiled. “I was rude to
you, too,” she said. “You do have red hair.
But maybe it will change color when
you’re older.”
“That’s very kind o f you, Mrs.
Lynde!” said Anne. “Now I can hope for
prettier hair. Please can I go outside and
play?”
 Activities 3
Anne o f Green Gables

3.1 Were you right? 3.3 Language in use

The sun shone and
Look back at Activity 2.4. Then put these words in the sentences. Look at the sentence in the box. It tells us about the sky was blue.
the day. Then look at this picture of Avonlea.
be be come die live not go want
1 Write these words on the picture.
horses birds fruit river sun chickens flowers sky
Anne’s story
Anne 1.............. in four homes before she 2 .....................
to Avonlea. Her parents 3...................... when she was a baby.
After that, nobody 4 .....................her or loved her. Nobody
5 ...................... kind to her. She 6 ...................... to school. Her
life 7 ...................... sad.

3.2 W hat more did you learn?

1 Number Anne's four homes before Green Gables, 1-4. Start with her
first home.

A [ ] Mrs. Hammond's C Q the orphanage

B □ with her parents D □ Mrs. Thomas’s

Which will be her next home? Write the number 5. 2 Now write about the day in the picture.
□ Mrs. Blewett's IJ Mrs. Spencer's
The sK\) was blue +he sua shoae
I I Miss Cuthbert’s O Mrs. Lynde's

2 Who says these things? Who are they talking to?

a "Her hair is as red as carrots!" to

b "You’re fat!” to
c "Marilla isn’t a very pretty little girl.”
d "Please go and say sorry to Mrs. Lynde.” to
3.4 What's next?
e "She’s a strange little girl. Bu t... I like her.” to
In Chapters 4 and 5, Anne goes to church and goes to a party. Then she
starts school. The other children laugh at her in church. Why, do you think?
3 Do people in your family say rude things about you? What do they say?
Something goes wrong before the party. What? Something goes wrong at
school. What? Talk to other students.
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Chapter 4 —The Party

The Party
“A nne,” Marilla said, “I ’ll ask you again. “D id you take
the brooch from my room and lose it?”

nne had only one ugly dress from the orphanage. So Marilla made
A her three new dresses. She bought a little hat for Anne, too. But
Anne didn’t like the new clothes.
“Why don’t you like them, Anne?” asked Marilla.
“They’re—they’re not—pretty,” answered Anne.
“But they’re very good dresses,” said Marilla.
Marilla went to church every Sunday. She wanted to take Anne with
her. But the next Sunday, Marilla was sick. Then she had an idea. There were a lot o f beautiful yellow flowers by
“Can you go to church without me?” she asked Anne. the road. Anne put some flowers on her hat.
“Yes, of course, Marilla,” answered Anne. When she arrived at church, the other children looked at her. “That
She put on one of her new dresses and her hat, and started walking girl’s crazy!” they said.
down the road to church. “I don’t like this hat,” she thought. “It isn’t After church, Anne ran back to Green Gables.
very pretty.” “Did you enjoy it, Anne?” asked Marilla.
“Not very much,” said Anne. “The minister talked for a long time, but
he wasn’t very interesting. But there’s going to be a party next week for the
children of Avonlea. That’s exciting. Please, Marilla, can I go, too?”
“Yes, of course,” answered Marilla.
“Oh, thank you, Marilla!” said Anne. She put her arms around
Marilla.
Marilla felt happy. “I ’m starting to love this child,” she thought.

Marilla had a beautiful old brooch. The day before the party, she
couldn’t find it. “It was on top o f the desk in my room,” she thought.
“But now it isn’t there. Where is it?”
“Did you take my brooch out o f my room?” she asked Anne.
minister /'minastaV (n) A minister works for a church and speaks there on Sundays.
brooch /broutj, brutj/ (n) Women wear brooches on their clothes because they want to look
pretty.
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“No, Marilla,” said Anne. “I went into your room last week. I saw the
brooch on top of the desk and put it on my dress. But then I put it back
on the desk. I didn’t take it out of your room.”
Marilla looked for the brooch again, but she couldn’t find it.
“Anne,” she said, “I ’ll ask you again. Did you take the brooch from
my room and lose it?”
“No, I didn’t, Marilla,” said Anne quietly.
“Go to your room and stay there,” said Marilla.
Anne went to her room. Later, Marilla went to see her.
“Marilla, the party is tomorrow,” Anne said. “Please can I go?”
“No,” said Marilla angrily. “Tell me about the brooch first.”
“But I told you about the brooch, Marilla!” cried Anne.
Next morning, Marilla took Anne’s breakfast upstairs. Anne sat on her
bed. Her face was white and her big gray eyes shone.
“I ’ll tell you about the brooch now,” she said quietly. “I took it and I
put it on my dress. Then I went outside and walked down the road to the
bridge. I wanted to look at the brooch again, so I took it off my dress. It
shone in the sun and was very beautiful. But then it fell from my hand—
down, down to the bottom of the river.”
“You’re a very bad girl, Anne,” Marilla said angrily. She went to Anne’s room. “Anne,
“I’m sorry,” said Anne. “Please can I go to the party now?” why did you tell me that story this
“The party!” cried Marilla. “O f course you can’t go!” morning?” she said. “The brooch is here
“But, Marilla,” said Anne, “you wanted to know about the brooch. So on my coat.”
I told you. Now please can I go to the party?” “I wanted to go to the party,” said Anne sadly. “You wanted me to tell
“No,” said Marilla, and went out. you about the brooch. So I had to think of a story.”
Anne fell on her bed and began to cry. Marilla began to laugh. “I’m sorry, Anne,” she said. “I made a mistake.
Marilla went downstairs with a very sad heart. “Maybe Mrs. Lynde Now get ready for the party.”
was right about Anne,” she thought. “Oh, Marilla!” cried Anne. “Isn’t it too late?”
After lunch, Marilla wanted to go for a walk. She took her coat from the “No,” answered Marilla. “It’s only two o’clock. Wash your face and
closet. Then she saw something on her coat. It was her beautiful brooch. put on one of your new dresses. I’ll give you some food for the party.”
“What’s this?” thought Marilla in surprise. “Oh, I remember now. I When Anne came home that evening, she was very happy. “Oh,
put the brooch on this coat.” Marilla, the party was wonderful!” she said.

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“Did you like Diana, Anne?” asked Marilla later.

Love and Hate “Oh, yes,” said Anne happily. “Diana is wonderful!”
“I hate you!” Anne cried. She hit Gilbert on the head Anne and Diana met every day. Sometimes they played in the woods.
with her slate and the slate broke. Sometimes they read books and told stories.

^ A \ arilla,” said Anne one day, “do any other little girls live near Then summer ended and September came. Anne went to school in
L V X Green Gables? I ’d like to have a best friend.” Avonlea. She was good at her lessons and she liked the other girls. But
“Yes,” answered Marilla. “Diana Barry is the same age as you. She Anne didn’t like the teacher, Mr. Phillips, very much.
lives at Orchard Slope, across the river. I’m going to visit her mother this One day, there was a new boy in school. He was tall, with brown hair.
afternoon. You can come with me.” The girls liked him.
Mrs. Barry was a tall, thin woman. Diana was a very pretty little girl “That’s Gilbert Blythe,” Diana said to Anne. “His family went away
with black hair and dark eyes. She had a little sister, Minnie May. Minnie for the summer. They came back on Saturday.”
May was three years old.
“Diana, take Anne outside,” said Mrs. Barry.
Anne and Diana went outside and stood quietly by the flowers. Then
they started to talk. They talked all afternoon.

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Anne stood in front o f the class all afternoon. Everybody looked at

her. But Anne didn’t look at anybody. “I’ll never speak to Gilbert Blythe
again,” she thought.
After school Gilbert tried to talk to Anne, but she walked past him.
“Don’t be angry with Gilbert, Anne,” said Diana. “He laughs at my
hair because it’s very black.”
“Gilbert Blythe was very unkind,” said Anne.
The children often played outside after lunch. Sometimes they were
late for afternoon school. The next day, Mr. Phillips was in the classroom
when Anne arrived with flowers in her hair.
“Anne Shirley, you’re late,” Mr. Phillips said. “Take those flowers out
o f your hair. Then go and sit with Gilbert Blythe.”
“I can’t sit next to Gilbert,” Anne thought. “I hate him!”
She got up slowly from her desk and sat down next to Gilbert. But she
didn’t look at him. She put her head on her arms. A little later, Gilbert
pushed some candy under Anne’s arm. Anne took the candy and threw it
onto the floor.
At the end o f the day, Anne took her slate and her books.
Gilbert’s desk was near Anne’s desk. He often looked at her. He “What are you doing, Anne?” asked Diana in surprise.
wanted her to look at him, too. She was different from the other girls in “I’m taking my things home,” said Anne. “I ’m going to study there.
Avonlea. But Anne wasn’t interested in Gilbert. I’m not coming back to school again.”
Gilbert took Anne’s hair in his hand. “Carrots!” he said loudly. Later, Anne told Marilla about Mr. Phillips. “I’ll learn my lessons at
“Carrots!” home,” she said. “I’ll work hard and I’ll be a good girl. But I’m not going
Anne jumped to her feet and looked at Gilbert angrily. “I hate you!” back to Mr. Phillips.”
she cried. “I hate you!” She hit Gilbert on the head with her slate and the Marilla went to see Mrs. Lynde.
slate broke. Everybody looked at her. “What shall I do?” she asked.
Mr. Phillips ran to her. “Anne Shirley, what are you doing?” he asked. “Leave Anne at home,” said Mrs.
“Answer me!” Lynde. “She’ll get bored. Then she’ll
“Anne didn’t do anything wrong,” said Gilbert quickly. “I was rude w ant to go back to school.”
about her hair.” Anne learned her lessons at home. In
“Anne, go and stand in front of the class,” said Mr. Phillips. the evenings she played with Diana. She
slate /sleit/ (n) In past times, children wrote on thin gray slates in school. You could wash a loved Diana, but she hated Gilbert Blyth
slate and write on it again.
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4.1 Were you right? 4.3 Language in use

"The minister talked for a
Remember your ideas from Activity 3.4. Then circle the best answers. Look at the sentence in the box. Then long time, but he wasn’t
finish each sentence below with the best very interesting."
1 Why do the other children in church think that Anne is crazy?
words on the right.
a Because her dress isn't pretty.
1 Marilla looks for the brooch ......... • so she can go to the party.
b Because she puts wild flowers in her hat.
2 Anne has to tell Marilla about the ..... .. but she can't find it.
c Because she thinks the minister is boring.
brooch • before she can go to the party.
2 Before the party, Marilla thinks that Anne lost her brooch. Where is the
3 Anne tells Marilla a story • after she finds the brooch.
brooch?
4 Marilla says sorry to Anne • because she can go to the
a At the bottom of the river,
5 Anne is excited party.
b On Manila's desk,
c On Manila's coat. 4.4 What's next?
3 When Gilbert laughs at Anne's red hair, what does she do? Look at the pictures. Circle will or won't in these sentences.
a She cries and runs away.
b She hits him on the head with a slate,
c She laughs, too.

4.2 W hat more did you learn?

1 What kind of person is Anne? Circle the best words.

different from other children Diana will/won't be Minnie May will / won't
has strong feelings sick after tea at Green be sick after Anne’s visit.
the same as other children
Gables.
gets angry too quickly

2 Do you remember when you were eleven? In what ways were you the
same as / different from Anne? Tell other students.

Anne will / won't make a Mrs. Allan will / won't be

cake for Mrs. Allan. sick after her cake.

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Chapter 6 - Diana Comes to Tea

“This is very nice,” she said. “Can I have another glass?”

Diana Comes to Tea After three glasses o f cordial, Diana put her hands to her head.
“Anne, what’s wrong?” asked Marilla. “Why are you crying?” “I ’m not feeling very well,” she said. “I have to go home.”
“When Diana left here on Saturday, she was drunk!” “But, Diana!” cried Anne sadly. “Don’t you want any cake?”
“No,” said Diana. “I have to go home now.”
« a nne, I’m going out this afternoon,” said Marilla one Saturday. The next day, Sunday, it rained all day and Anne stayed at home. On
_/""\_“You can invite Diana here for tea. There’s cake—and a bottle of Monday, Marilla sent Anne to Mrs. Lynde’s house. But Anne came back
fruit cordial on a shelf in the kitchen closet.” very quickly, and ran into the kitchen.
When Diana arrived, the two little girls played outside. “Anne, what’s wrong?” asked Marilla. “Why are you crying?”
“I ’m very thirsty,” said Diana after a time. “Mrs. Barry was at Mrs. Lynde’s house today,” said Anne. “She said
“Would you like some fruit cordial?” asked Anne. very bad things about me. When Diana left here on Saturday, she
She went to the kitchen closet and got the bottle. The cordial was a was drunk!”
dark red color. Anne wasn’t thirsty, but Diana drank a big glass of it. “Drunk!” cried Marilla in surprise. “What did you give her?”
“Only the fruit cordial,” answered Anne unhappily.
Marilla went to the kitchen closet and found the
bottle of cordial. She looked at it. It wasn’t fruit
cordial. It was red wine!

drunk /drAgk/ (adj) When you drink a lot of alcohol, you get drunk.
cordial /'kord3ol/ (n) Cordial is a fruit drink with sugar in it. w ine /wain/ (n) Wine is a red or white alcoholic drink.
 Anne of Green Gables Chapter 6 —Diana Comes to Tea

“Oh, no!” she thought. “I remember now. The fruit cordial is in the She undressed Minnie M ay and put her to bed. Then she gave her
other closet.” some medicine. All night Minnie M ay was very sick, but in the early
Marilla went to see Mrs. Barry. She tried to tell Mrs. Barry about the morning she slept quietly.
mistake, but Mrs. Barry didn’t want to listen.
“That Anne Shirley is a very bad little girl,” she said. “I don’t want
Diana to play with her again.”
Anne was very sad. She loved Diana very much. Some days later, she
went back to school. “I can’t be Diana’s friend now,” Anne told Marilla.
“But I can look at her in school.”
Anne worked hard. The other girls liked her, and she had a lot of
friends. But she was very unhappy about Diana.

One evening some weeks later, Marilla went to a meeting in

Charlottetown, the most important town on Prince Edward Island. Mrs.
Lynde and Diana’s parents went to the meeting, too. They all slept in
Charlottetown that night.
Anne and Matthew stayed at home. They sat in the kitchen. Anne
studied her lessons at the table. Suddenly, Diana ran through the door.
Her face was very white.
“Oh, Anne, please come quickly!” she said. “Minnie May is very sick.
She has croup. Maybe she’s going to die.”
Matthew got up quietly and put on his coat. “I’ll go for the doctor,”
he said, and went out.
“Don’t be afraid, Diana,” said Anne. “I know about croup. Mrs.
Hammond had eight children and they all had it. Wait! Marilla has some
medicine. I ’ll bring it with me.”
Anne went with Diana to the Barrys’ house. The ground was white
with snow. When they arrived at the house, Anne went to Minnie May.
She was very sick.
“Now, Diana, bring me hot water,” said Anne.
island /'ailand/ (n) An island is a place with water all around it.
croup /krup/ (n) Children with croup were very sick and they often died.
medicine /'medasan/ (n) You take medicine when you are sick.
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A Cake for Mrs. Allan

“Is something wrong.?” thought Marilla. She tried some cake, too.
“A nne Shirley!” she cried. “What did you put in this?”

he long summer vacation began at the end o f June. Mr. Phillips left
T the Avonlea school. The old minister left the church, too, and a new
minister came. His name was Mr. Allan. He brought his pretty young
wife with him.
“I’ll ask Mr. and Mrs. Allan to tea on Wednesday,” said Marilla.
“Oh, Marilla,” said Anne excitedly. “Can I make a cake?”
“All right, Anne,” said Marilla.
On Wednesday morning, Anne got up early and made her cake.
It looked very good. In the afternoon, Anne put
flowers around the table. Then Mr. and
Matthew arrived with the doctor. “I’m sorry were late,” he said. “The Mrs. Allan arrived.
doctor wasn’t at home. I had to wait for a long time.” “The table looks beautiful,” they
The doctor looked at Minnie May. “You did very well, Anne,” he said. said.
Anne drove home with Matthew in the snow. When they arrived at Anne felt very happy. She sat at
Green Gables, Anne went to bed. the table with Matthew and Marilla.
That afternoon, Marilla was downstairs in the kitchen. Matthew wore his best clothes.
“How was the meeting, Marilla?” asked Anne. “Would you like some cake, Mrs.
“Fine,” answered Marilla. “Listen, Anne, Mrs. Barry was here this Allan?” asked Anne. “ I made it for you.”
morning and told me about Minnie May’s croup. She wanted to say “Yes, please,” said Mrs. Allan, and she smiled.
‘thank you’ to you. And she’s very sorry about the fruit cordial. She wants Anne cut some cake for Mrs. Allan. Mrs. Allan put the cake in her
you and Diana to be friends again.” mouth and started to eat it. But she didn’t look very happy.
“Oh, Marilla, that’s wonderful!” cried Anne. “ Can I go and see Diana “Is something wrong?” thought Marilla. She tried some cake, too.
now: “Anne Shirley!” she cried. “What did you put in this?”
“Yes,” said Marilla, and smiled. “Only—only vanilla,” answered Anne. She went to the kitchen and
Anne ran quickly to Diana’s house. It was cold, and she had no coat or brought back a small bottle. On the front o f the bottle, it said “Best
hat. But she was the happiest girl in Avonlea. Vanilla.”

vanilla /v a 'n ib / (n) You put vanilla in foods like cakes and white ice cream.

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Marilla opened the bottle. “This isn’t vanilla,” she said. “It’s medicine. A week later, Anne ran into the kitchen at Green Gables. She was very
Last week I broke the medicine bottle. I put the medicine into this old excited. She had a letter in her hand.
vanilla bottle.” “Mrs. Allan is inviting me to tea tomorrow afternoon,” she said.
“Medicine!” said Anne. “Oh!” “Look at this letter, Marilla. It says, ‘Miss Anne Shirley, Green Gables.’
She ran upstairs to her room. She cried and cried. Nobody called me ‘Miss’ before.”
A little later, Anne heard somebody on the stairs, but she didn’t look The next afternoon, Anne went to tea with Mrs. Allan.
up. “Oh, Marilla,” she said, “I’m very unhappy. Everybody in Avonlea “I had a wonderful time with Mrs. Allan,” she told Marilla later.
will hear about my cake. They’ll laugh at me. I can’t go downstairs. I can’t “She’s very kind. And she wore a beautiful dress. We talked for a long
look at Mrs. Allan again. I’m very sorry, Marilla. Please tell Mrs. Allan.” time. I told her about Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hammond, and the
“You tell her, Anne,” said Mrs. Allan. orphanage. I told her about Green Gables and the school, too.
Anne looked up. “Mrs. Allan!” she said in surprise. “Mrs. Allan told me something interesting. A new teacher is coming
“Yes, it’s me,” said Mrs. Allan, and laughed. “Don’t cry, Anne. The to Avonlea after the vacation. Her name is Miss Muriel Stacy. Isn’t that a
medicine in the cake was a very funny mistake.” pretty name? I want to meet her very much.”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Allan,” said Anne. “I wanted to make a nice cake for
you.”
“I know,” said Mrs. Allan. “Now please come down and show me
your flowers. I’m very interested in flowers.”
Anne felt happy again. She went downstairs with Mrs.
Allan and nobody said anything about the cake.

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5.1 Were you right?

I 5.3 Language in use
Anne of Green Gables

"I have to go
1 Look back at Activity 4.4. Then answer this question. Which of these 1 Look at the sentence in the box. Then put
home now."
were important in Chapters 6 and 7? these words in the sentences below.

have to can can’t will

a Anne knows that sh e ..................... be Diana’s friend now.

b Diana..................... run to Matthew and Anne for help with Minnie.
c Matthew says that h e ....................go for the doctor.
d Matthew.....................wait a long time for the doctor.
2 Put the right words in these sentences.
e Anne..................... use hot water and medicine before she
a Anne gives Diana three glasses o f ......................................
makes Minnie better,
b Anne thinks it i s ......................................
f Now Anne be friends with Diana again.
c After Anne gives Minnie some of Manila's.................................... ..
Minnie feels better,
2 Work with another student and have this conversation.
d Anne puts in the cake.
e Marilla pu t..................................... in th e .......................................bottle. Student A: You are Mrs. Lynde. Tell your neighbor about Anne and Minnie
and Anne and Mrs. Allan.
3 Who makes the mistakes in Chapters 6 and 7— Anne or Marilla? Student B : You are Mrs. Lynde’s neighbor. Ask questions. Use could and
did... have to in your questions.

5.2 W hat more did you learn?

Which comes first? Number these sentences, 1-7.
a Anne and Diana run to the Barrys’ house.

b Anne gets Manila's medicine from the closet.

c Diana suddenly runs into the kitchen at Green Gables.

1 d Marilla, Mrs. Lynde, and Diana's parents go to Charlottetown for a

meeting. | 5.4 What's next?
e She tells Anne and Matthew that Minnie is very sick, Chapter 8 is “An Accident and a New Dress.” What do you think?

Who will have an accident? .........................................................

f When the doctor comes, Minnie is better,
Who will have a new dress? .........................................................
g With hot water and medicine, Anne helps Minnie.
Who will buy it?
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Chapter 8 —An Accident and a New Dress

Diana ran to her. “Oh, Anne, Anne, are you dead?” she said.
An Accident and a New Dress Anne opened her eyes. Her face was very white. “No, I’m not dead,
“Who can climb up to the top o f Diana’s house?” Diana,” she said. “But my leg hurts. I can’t walk.”
“I can!” cried Anne. She ran to the house. Mr. Barry carried Anne home to Green Gables. When Marilla saw
Mr. Barry with Anne in his arms, she felt very afraid. Was Anne dead?
ome weeks later, Diana had a party. She invited Anne and the other “I love Anne very much,” she thought. “I know that now.” She ran to
S girls in her class. They had a very good time.
After tea, the girls played outside. “Let’s play a new game,” said one of
Mr. Barry. “What happened?” she asked.
“Don’t be afraid, Marilla,” said Anne. “I fell off Diana’s house.”
the girls. “Let’s do exciting things. Who can climb the big tree by Diana’s Anne couldn’t go back to school. She stayed home for seven weeks. Her
front door?” friends came to see her every day. They brought her flowers and books.
One of the girls climbed the tree. Then another girl thought of She had many other visitors, too. Mrs. Allan and Mrs. Lynde came often.
something more exciting. “Who can climb up to the top of Diana’s
house?” she said. When Anne’s leg was better, she went back to school. She liked Miss
“I can!” cried Anne. She ran to the house. Stacy very much. Miss Stacy was a very good young teacher, and Anne
“Stop, Anne!” called Diana. worked hard in her lessons.
“That’s very dangerous!” “I love Miss Stacy,” Anne said to Marilla and Matthew one evening.
Anne started to climb to the “She wants us to give a concert at Christmas. Isn’t that exciting? Diana’s
top of the house, but it was very going to sing a song. And I’m going to say two poems.”
difficult. Suddenly, she fell to the One evening, Matthew went into the kitchen at Green Gables. Anne’s
I ground. friends were there. They laughed and talked about the concert. They
were very excited.
Matthew watched them. “Anne looks different from the other girls.
But why?” he thought. He thought all evening, then suddenly he knew
the answer. “Anne’s clothes are different,” he thought. “The other girls
wear pretty dresses. Marilla makes good dresses for Anne, but they aren’t
very pretty.”
Then Matthew had an idea. “I ’m going to give Anne a new dress for
Christmas,” he thought.
He went to the store in town and tried to buy a dress. But he couldn’t
because he didn’t know much about girls’ dresses.

concert /'kansa't/ (n) When you go to a concert, you hear music.

poem /'pouam/ (n) When you write a poem, you usually write short lines and beautiful words.
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“Maybe somebody can m ake a pretty dress for Anne,” he thought.

“But who? I don’t know many women in Avonlea. I can’t ask Marilla. I
Some Stupid Mistakes
know—I’ll have to ask Mrs. Lynde.” Marilla looked at Anne’s hair. It was green!
He went to see Mrs. Lynde. “A nne Shirley!” she said. “What did you do to it?”
“O f course I’ll help you, Matthew,” said Mrs. Lynde. “And I won’t tell
Marilla. It’ll be a surprise.” ne spring afternoon, Marilla walked home. The country was very
On Christmas morning, Anne woke up early. She looked out o f the
window and felt very happy. The trees were white with snow.
O beautiful and Marilla felt happy.
“Anne’s at home,” she thought. “She’ll make a good fire, and she’ll
She ran downstairs into the kitchen and Matthew gave her the dress. have tea on the table.”
Anne started to cry. But Anne wasn’t at Green Gables. There was no fire, and the tea
“What’s wrong?” said Matthew. “ Don’t you like it?” wasn’t ready.
“Oh yes, Matthew,” answered Anne. “I love the dress. It’s beautiful. “Where is that girl?” thought Marilla angrily. “Is she playing with
Thank you! I ’m crying because I ’m very happy.” Diana again? She has to do housework first.”
That night, Anne wore her new dress to the concert. She said her two Matthew came in from the farm and he and Marilla had tea. But
poems very well. Matthew and Marilla were at the concert, too. Later, Anne didn’t come. When it was dark, Marilla went upstairs to Anne’s
they sat by the kitchen fire and talked. room. Anne was on her bed.
“Anne did very well tonight,” said “What’s wrong, Anne?” said Marilla in surprise. “Are you sick?”
Matthew. “No, Marilla,” said Anne unhappily. “Look at my hair!”
“Yes,” said Marilla. “She’s very smart. Marilla looked at Anne’s hair. It was green! “Anne Shirley!” she said.
And she looked very nice in her new “What did you do to it?”
dress.” “I dyed it,” said Anne. “I hated my
“She’s thirteen now,” said red hair. Today a man came to Green
Matthew. “One day she’ll leave the Gables. He wanted to sell us things. I saw
Avonlea school. We have to think a bottle o f black hair dye in his box, so
about her future.” I bought it. But it made my hair green!”
“Go and wash it,” said Marilla.
Anne washed her hair. But the green
color didn’t go away.
“Oh, Marilla,” she said. “What shall
I do? The other girls will laugh at me.
I can’t go to school.”

dye /dai/ (v/n) You dye clothes or your hair when you want to change the color.
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Anne stayed home for a week.

She washed her hair every day, but
the green color stayed in her hair.
“We’ll have to cut it,” Marilla said, and
she cut Anne’s hair short.
“I ’ll never hate my red hair again!” Anne said.
She went back to school. When her friends saw her
short hair, they were very surprised. But Anne didn’t tell
them about the dye. After some weeks, Anne’s hair looked
prettier than before, and it wasn’t as red.

One day in the summer, Anne and her friends were by the
near Diana’s house. There was an old boat there.
“Let’s play a game,” said Anne. “Do you remember that
from school about a girl, Elaine? She was unhappy in love,
found a boat on the river and got into it. Then she died. The river
carried the boat to a town. Everybody came and saw her.
“I’ll be Elaine. I’ll get into this old boat and the river will carry it
down to the bridge. Go and wait for me there.”
Anne climbed into the bottom of the boat. The girls put flowers into Anne was very cold and wet. She had her arms around the tree, but
her hands and Anne closed her eyes. she couldn’t move. Her arms hurt and she felt very tired. “ Help! Help!”
“Oh,” said the girls. “Anne really looks dead.” she cried. “Why doesn’t somebody come?”
They pushed the boat out into the center of the river, and ran to the Suddenly, a small boat came down the river. A boy was in it. It was
bridge. The river was very fast and dangerous. The boat was old and not Gilbert Blythe.
very strong. Suddenly, a lot o f water came into the boat. Anne sat up. She “Anne Shirley, what are you doing here?” he asked in surprise.
was very afraid. Anne told him, and Gilbert brought his boat near the tree. He gave
The boat went past a large tree and Anne caught the tree with her Anne his hand and pulled her into his boat. But Anne didn’t look at him.
hands. The river carried the boat away. Then the boat went down—down “Thank you,” she said coldly.
to the bottom o f the river. “Please, let’s be friends,” said Gilbert. “I was rude about your hair in
Diana and the other girls waited at the bridge. They saw the boat in school, and I’m sorry. But your hair is very pretty now.”
the river, but they didn’t see Anne. “Anne’s in the river!” they cried. “Let’s “No,” said Anne. “Ell never be friends with you!”
go for help!” They ran quickly to Diana’s house. “All right,” said Gilbert angrily. “I ’ll never ask you again!”

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Anne of Green Gables

6.1 Were you right? Language in use Matthew didn't know much
Look back at Activity 5.4. Then circle the best words in italics. 1 Look at the sentences in the about girls' dresses.
box. Then put's or s' in the right
1 The girls at Diana's party want to do something more(exciting)/ dangerous. Anne's leg was better.
places below.
2 Matthew wants Anne to look different from / the same as the other girls.
a Matthew knew about boys clothes,
3 Anne cries on Christmas morning because she hates / loves the dress.
b Annes visitors bring her flowers and books,
4 The boat is too old / strong and the river is too fast / wide. c Annes clothes are different from her friends clothes,
5 Anne has her arms around a tree / the boat when Gilbert comes down the d The mans hair dye makes Annes hair green.
river.
6 Anne and Gilbert can ! can't be friends now. 2 Look at the sentences in the box.
Anne's hair looked prettier
Then put the right word, with -er
than before.
6.2 W hat more did you learn? or more, in the sentences below.
Another girl thought of
What can you see? Write a sentence under each picture. What comes
beautiful fast something more exciting.
first? Number the pictures, 1-4.
short friendly

a The dresses of the other girls were............................................than Anne’s.

b Anne’s hair i s ............................................than her friends' hair.
c The river i s .......................................... than the girls think.
d Gilbert i s ............................................than Anne.

What's next?
Why doesn't Anne want to be friends with Gilbert? Do you think she will
talk to him before the end of the story? Talk to other students. Write your
ideas here.

N odes

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Chapter 10 - The Queens College Class

“Anne,” she said. “Miss Stacy was here today. She talked to me
The Queens College Class about your future. Would you like to study at Queen’s College in
When Marilla looked at Anne, she felt a little sad. Charlottetown? Would you like to be a teacher?”
“She’s fifteen now, ’’she thought. “She’s almost a woman!” “Oh yes, Marilla,” said Anne, and her eyes shone. “But isn’t Queen’s
College very expensive?”
t was November. Marilla and Anne sat in the kitchen at Green Gables. “Yes,” said Marilla. “ But Matthew and I will pay for you.”
I Marilla’s eyes were tired and weak. They often hurt her.
“I’ll go to town tomorrow and get new glasses,” she thought.
Six other students from Avonlea wanted to go to Queen’s College, too.
They studied after school in one class—the Queen’s College class.
Anne was in front of the fire with a book in her hand. Marilla Anne and Gilbert Blythe were the smartest students in the class.
watched her. She loved Anne very much. She often made pretty dresses Sometimes Anne was first, and sometimes Gilbert. Gilbert was friendly
for the child now. with the other girls in the class, but he never spoke to Anne.
When Anne thought about him, she felt sorry. “ I don’t hate Gilbert
now,” she thought.
The Queens College class was very interesting and the days went quickly.
Winter came again, then spring, then summer. At the beginning o f the long
summer vacation, Anne went home and put her books away in a box.
“I ’m not going to study in the vacation,” she said to Marilla. “I want
to enjoy this summer. There are going to be parties and concerts. And Mr.
Barry is going to take us to dinner one evening at the hotel at White Sands.”
Mrs. Lynde came to tea with Marilla at Green Gables. “Matthew
doesn’t look very well these days,” she said.
“No,” said Marilla. “He had a problem with his heart last week. He
works hard, but he has to be careful.”
“When Anne came to Green Gables, I said unkind things about her,”
said Mrs. Lynde. “But I made a big mistake. She helps you, and she’s very
pretty now, too.”
Anne enjoyed her summer very much. In the fall, she went back to
school. The Queen’s College class started again and Anne worked hard all
year. But she went to parties and concerts, too.
When Marilla looked at Anne, she felt a little sad. “She’s fifteen now,”
she thought. “She’s almost a woman!”

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Anne of Green Gables

A New Start
“Gilbert knows you want to be near Marilla.
The Avonlea school is yours. ”

nne went to Queen’s College and enjoyed her time there. She was in
A the same class as Gilbert Blythe, but they didn’t speak.
At the end of the year, there were more examinations. Anne did very
well. She won a free place at another college, Redmond College. Gilbert
Blythe got a place at the college, too.
Anne went back to Green Gables in June. Diana came to see her.
“I have three months’ wonderful vacation at Green Gables,” said
Anne. “Then I ’m going to Redmond College.”
“Gilbert Blythe isn’t going,” Diana told her. “His father doesn’t have
By June, Anne and the other students were ready for the Queen’s College the money. So Gilbert is going to teach in the Avonlea school.”
examinations. They went to Charlottetown and stayed there for a week. “Oh,” said Anne. Suddenly, she felt sad.
When Anne came home, Diana was at Green Gables. The next morning at breakfast, Anne watched Matthew’s face. It was
“How were the examinations, Anne?” she asked. very tired and gray.
“They were very difficult,” said Anne. “I ’m very tired now!” “Is Matthew all right?” she asked Marilla later.
One evening three weeks later, Anne sat by the window in Green “No,” said Marilla. “He’s having problems with his heart again. He
Gables. The summer evening was very beautiful. The sky in the west was works hard, and his heart isn’t strong.”
slowly turning red. Some days later, Matthew came into the kitchen and fell to the
Suddenly, Diana arrived with a newspaper in her hand. “Anne!” she ground. Anne and Marilla ran to him. But Matthew was dead.
cried excitedly. “Your name’s in the newspaper! You came first in the Anne was very sad. Later, in her room, she cried and cried.
Queen’s College examinations—you and Gilbert Blythe. You’re the best “Matthew was my first friend,” she thought.
students on the island!” “He brought me to Green Gables. He was
Anne looked at the newspaper. There were two hundred names there. always very kind to me. I loved him.”
Her name was at the top—hers and Gilbert’s! Anne woke in the night and Marilla came to
“This is wonderful, Diana!” she said happily. her. “Don’t cry,” she said. “Matthew was a good
She ran to Marilla and Matthew. Then she went to see Mrs. Lynde brother and a wonderful man. But you have me
and Mrs. Allan. “You did very well, Anne,” they said. and I have you, Anne. I love you very much.”

exam ination /ig.zaema'neijgn/ (n) An examination is an important test.

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Marilla sat at the kitchen table. She looked very tired and sad.
Anne put her arms around her. “What’s wrong, Marilla?” she asked.
“My eyes are hurting again,” answered Marilla. “I can’t see very well “No,” said Mrs. Lynde. “Gilbert heard about Marilla’s problems. He
and I can’t work. And, Anne, there’s something worse. I have to sell knows you want to be near Marilla. So he’s going to go to the White
Green Gables. Matthew and I had our money in the Abbey Bank. But Sands school. The Avonlea school is yours.”
the bank had problems and now there’s no money.” She started to cry. “That’s very nice o f Gilbert,” thought Anne in surprise.
“Don’t cry, Marilla!” cried Anne. “You don’t have to sell Green Gables. Two days later, Anne met Gilbert on the road. She stopped and put
You and Matthew did everything for me. Now I’m going to help you. out her hand. “Gilbert,” she said, “thank you very much for the job at
I ’m not going to go to Redmond College. 1 11 teach at a school on Prince the Avonlea school. I ’m sorry about everything. Please, let’s be friends
Edward Island, and I ’ll help you with Green Gables. We’ll be very now.”
happy—you and I.” “Yes,” said Gilbert, and took Anne’s hand. “I’d like that.”
Mrs. Lynde visited Green Gables. “You’re doing a very good thing for Gilbert walked home with Anne. They stood outside Green Gables
Marilla,” she said to Anne. “She’s very happy. And you can teach at the and talked for half an hour.
Avonlea school.” Later, Anne sat by her window and looked out. It was a beautiful
“I can’t,” said Anne. “Gilbert Blythe is going to teach here. I ’ll live at night. “I know I’m going to be very happy,” she thought. “I have a good
Green Gables, but I have to find another school.” job and dear friends. Everything is going to be all right.”

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Talk about it Write about it

Work with another student. Look at the pictures and then have this Anne o f Green Gables follows Anne from the age of eleven to sixteen. At
conversation. the end of the story she starts a new life. Think about these questions,
and then write the next chapter in her story.
StudentA: You are Marilla. You and Matthew are sitting in the kitchen
when Anne is away. You are talking about her time with you. •Where will Anne live? •Will Anne make any mistakes?
When was she bad? When was she stupid? •Where will she work? •Will she see Gilbert or Diana?
•Who will work on the farm? •Will she meet new people?
Student B : You are Matthew. Talk about Anne's time with you. When was •Will Marilla have any money?
she good? When was she kind?

Work with three other students. What did you do when you were
younger? Tell a funny story. Which is the best of the four stories? Tell it
to the class.
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 Project Vacation on Prince Edward Island Project Vacation on Prince Edward Island

1 You and two other students work for PEI Vacations in Charlottetown, 2 Read about Prince Edward Island and find the places on the map. Then
Nova Scotia. Two families want to come to the island for a vacation. talk about the best places for the British visitors.
Read their letter and make notes below. ^ ---------------

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vjouIiAlike youv Welp wifk oiv vmcmHon.

£> - We w e Hwo BviHsW -Pmm'ilies (Polw pwenfs mvvA Ponv- cUil<Aven,

■Pvomtwelve to -forty yemvs ol<A).
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wmter sports wiA wmlWing.
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We mil love A*we of Green Gmbles. We <Ao not Wmve mucW money. It is a 300-kilometer walk from one end of PEI to the
We will mrrive mt CWmrlottetown Airport in tUe emrly morning o-P
June 6 m-Pter we cWmnge mirplmnes in HmliPmx. other end. Walk next to rivers and see the beautiful country.

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; A BO AT A R O U N D T H E IS L A N D
f .J>. J c r r ^ T , Take a boat and see the animals
and birds. Leave Charlottetown
at 7 a .m . and come back at 7 p.m .
Lunch will be on the beach. 1
PEI V acap /o.
• I
Customer ' CH A R LO TTETO W N
Information
Walk through the pretty streets of
Number of people:........... Country the most important town on PEI.
Ages:......... Vacation dates:......... See old houses from the 1900s and
Arriving at:............ by:................ eat in great restaurants. In the
What do they want to do and see? evening, see "Anne of Green Ciables
at the theater._____________

i FR EN C H R IV ER
Enjoy a day around French River.
4 Prince Edward Island Enjoy the beautiful country, green
mountains, and blue water,______

as c m l i s I Q - j'' <' * /s; '^ ’- l C A V E N D ISH BEACH

F ltn c h ^ lc fe e o n G a b le s House Visit the long beach and see the
^airport
animals and birds in the park.
Ghariottet<nvn'*? Swim and fish ._______________

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3 Which two "Anne of Green Gables" places would the families like to visit?
_ _ _

AVONLEA
Meet Anne, Gilbert, Marilla,
Matthew, and the other people from
Green Gables in 1800 s Avonlea.
Sit in a lesson at Avonlea School.
Take a drive in Matthew’s horse I
and buggy. Eat cake and drink fruit
cordial. Listen to island music.
M ontgom ery h,
v ' o f G reen §a6 fe s in HOUSE O FLM . MONTGOMERY
(p \& J ' *9og The famous writer lived in
Cavendish from 1876 to 1911 with
GREEN GABLES her grandmother and grandfather.
This farm gave L. M. Montgomery She was an orphan, too. Visit the
the idea for Green Gables. Visit the book store and buy more books
house, store, and restaurant. about Anne.

4 Plan the vacation for the visitors.

DAY 2:
DAY 3:
DAY 4:

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