Chapter 9
Little Sister's family took in a man who needed a place to stay. On one Sunday morning, the family left for church but left Leon and the man (who they call Even So) at home. Lo and behold, when the family returned, Even So stole money! Of course, Little Sister's parents get suspicious of Leon. But Little Sister advocates in Leon's favor and says that he would never ever steal anything. Eventually, Leon managed to get the money back and everything turned out alright.
Chapter 10
Laddie presents himself to his family. He's wearing his nicest clothes, his hair is perfect, and Little Sister admires him. He plans to go to the Princess's house to visit. He says that if they don't let him in that he'll come home immediately. Because he doesn't come home soon, Laddie's dad assumes that they let him in. And they did. They even invite him for dinner because he stayed so long. When Laddie returned, his mom asked him what he ate. Laddie says he couldn't remember because he was focusing so much on being perfect. Later, Leon and Little Sister manage to lose a goose. At first, Little Sister doesn't think it's that big of a deal, but then she realizes that gooses are expensive. They manage to get the goose back.
Chapter 11
Christmas time! The first part of the chapter covers the preparation for Christmas. Every little detail is taken care of, and the family has a great Christmas. Next is the spelling bee. Laddie and the Princess are on opposing sides, and end up being the last two contestants remaining in the bee. They duke it our for a very long time until finally Laddie spells a word wrong. The Princess asks Little Sister if Laddie did indeed know how to spell the word, and Little Sister says that yes, he did! Hmm...
Chapter 12
Little Sister is sick. She decides that it would be fair to make her birds take the same amount of medicine that she had to take. She passes the time by playing dress up with her birds, or listening to the Princess tell stories. She says that she might just be pretending that Laddie is her favorite, and that if it came down to it, she would pick mother over anyone else while she was sick. Later, father made a machine that made dog-like noises that would scare the foxes (who were eating all their geese and roosters) away. Even though Little Sister knows that it's just a machine that's making the noises, she still gets scared. Little Sister wants to save the foxes because she knows that they have babies at home. She tries very hard, but doesn't succeed. A kerfuffle arises in the fox hunt. Later, it's Easter time! Little Sister's family's Easter egg hunt tradition is to allow the kids to sell whatever eggs they find. And they go hard-core with it. Leon stole all of Laddie's eggs, and according to the family's rules, that was fair because Laddie didn't hide his eggs well enough! The hunt goes for days at a time. Little Sister is determined to get Laddie's eggs back. Wen she finally finds Leon's hiding place, she tells Laddie about it, and he says that the eggs are now rightfully hers. So Little Sister steals Leon's eggs!
Chapter 13
Little Sister tells us about how much she hates school. She says that it's all designed wrong. She says that school should be outside, and they should use nature for math and other subjects. She says she can't wait until school lets out. Little Sister, a bit of a noddy, gets in trouble with her teacher again. Later, Mr. Pryor comes over for a visit and has a long conversation with mother. Their conversation takes up the majority of the chapter and they talk about a variety of things. At one point, Mr. Pryor calls mother a "lady." She is taken aback by this because her definition of a lady is a perfect female. Mr. Pryor says that that's impossible, but mother says that a perfect woman is the only woman worthy of a "lady" title, and she's staunch about it.
New Words
Noddy - A silly or foolish person (esp. as a general term of abuse).
Staunch - Loyal and committed in attitude: "a staunch supporter of the antinuclear lobby"; "a staunch Catholic".
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