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On Christmas morning the world was white with snow . Anne ran downstairs singing , and in the kitchen Matthew held out the dress to her without a word . It was a lovely soft brown silk with a pretty little frill at the neck . And the sleeves had big , beautiful puffs , with bows of brown silk ribbon . Anne looked at it in silence , and her eyes filled with tears . “ Why , Anne , don’t you like it ? ” said Matthew anxiously . “ Like it ! Oh , Matthew ! ” Anne laid the dress over a chair and pressed her hands together . “ Matthew , it’s perfectly beautiful . I can never thank you enough . Look at those sleeves ! Oh , it seems to me that this must be a happy dream . ” That night Anne wore the new dress at the concert , and she recited her poems so well that everyone clapped for a long time . Matthew sat in the hall with a proud face , and on the way home he told Marilla that their girl had done better than any of them . “ Yes , she did , ” said Marilla , and that was praise indeed . “ I was proud of Anne tonight , and I’m not going to tell her so . But I’m willing to admit it to you , Matthew . ” XIII . Green Hair and a Lily Maid One April evening Marilla came home from a meeting and found the kitchen cold and empty . There was no fire in the stove and no sign of Anne , although she had promised to have tea ready . Marilla went up to the east gable with a candle and found Anne lying face down on her bed . “ Mercy on us , are you sick , Anne ? ” “ No , Marilla . Please go away and don’t look at me . I’m in the depths of despair , and I don’t care who gets top of the class any more . My life is over . ” “ Did anyone ever hear the like ? Anne Shirley , get up this minute and tell me what you’ve done . ” Anne slid off the bed , and Marilla held up the candle . Then she saw Anne’s hair , which hung down her back in a heavy mass . It was green . It was a strange , dull , bronze green , with streaks of the old red here and there . “ Anne Shirley , what have you done to your hair ? ” “ I dyed it , ” said Anne . “ A pedlar came to the door this afternoon , and he had a bottle of hair dye that he said would turn any hair a beautiful raven black . He promised that it wouldn’t wash off . I had only fifty cents left from my chicken money , but he sold it to me for that . I know it was wicked , Marilla . But I thought that just this once it would be worth it to have beautiful black hair . I used the whole bottle , and then I saw that it had turned green . Oh , Marilla , I’ve washed it and washed it with soap and water , and it won’t come out . ”
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