![]() ![]() The first book was fabulous! Lots of fun mischief but the second has her at 16 already! Where did those four years go? Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't skimp out on the childhood. Aren't they familiar with the saying "still waters run deep?" Someone has to care enough about this quiet, obedient, seemingly unimaginative person to find out what her interests and passions are. ![]() I kept thinking it would serve Anne and Marilla right if little Dora -predictable, obedient, second class Dora- shaved her head, pierced her nipple, got pregnant and ran off with a Hell's Angel, just because she figured out that the trouble maker rated higher in their affections. Good little Dora is respectable, obedient, predictable and boring she just doesn't need as much attention and direction as Davy does, and thus is less lovable. The idea is repeated three or four times. Anne and Marilla love Davy more (by their own words). ![]() ![]() More recently, I was put off by the description of the pair of twins Anne and Marilla adopt: Davy and Dora.ĭavy is a handful, asking impossible questions, getting into trouble and so forth. I was more enchanted by this book the first time I read it. ![]()
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