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“Brian…really was a brain, and he was so good-natured that no matter how busy he might be he would never refuse to help his younger brother and sister with their homework.”

“Mart…as forever using big words, often to Trixie’s annoyance. She secretly envied his vocabulary, which made it easy for him to write compositions. She could never think of a word to put on paper, let alone spell and punctuate properly.”

“‘No news is good news. I always say that optimism and anticipation are the spice of life.’”

“‘I won’t mind being left behind,’ she finished bravely, ‘because it’s my own fault.’”

“‘I’ll have to stay home and bone like a regular old bookworm!’”