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| Isie | tossed her lang reid pleats a |
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| Isie | wis first ower the dyke, pech |
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| Isie | rolled ower onno her back, he |
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| Isie | leuch. 'It wisna sair. He wis |
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| Isie | pit her haun in first, drawin |
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| Isie | 's hame lay ower Steenhillock' |
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| Isie | luikit at Minnie sidewyes.'Be |
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| Isie | tossed her heid in disbelief. |
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| Isie | screwed up her een |
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| Isie | likit the futterat. Minnie wi |
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| Isie | reached the Earth Hoosie firs |
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' | Isie | Menzies, ye've as much sense |
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'Ane o the spring lammies,' | Isie | telt Minnie, fa hid nae deali |
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'Nae bit,' | Isie | telt her. 'It's natur. Natur |
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'Its mither didna ain it,' | Isie | telt her. 'It happens wi yowe |
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'Leave the kittlin be, | Isie | ,' quo she. 'I'll gie ye ane o |
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Said Florence Oh me, | Isie | , fit will we dee There's been |
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the brae tae meet her. Sune, | Isie | scrammlit up an catched up wi |
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even ken we're there.' Here, | Isie | 's imagination got the better |
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On hearin yon dreidfu aith, | Isie | 's een grew wide as twa ashets |
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doon at the back o the class, | Isie | wis scrattin oot her ain vers |
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wad flatten Betsy, | Isie | bein nae respector o ither fo |
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. | Isie | wis fully as clean as Minnie, |
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it he didna like it, nae ava. | Isie | , tho, wisna a cottar bairn, h |
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I feenish ma wark doon here. | Isie | , yer fowk'll be ower at first |
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an Kilrogie efter a bargain. | Isie | hid bin packed aff ooto herm' |
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the itherwise dreich horizon. | Isie | 's fowk hid sattled inno the G |
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e seen aboot the toun wi her. | Isie | likit weel eneuch tae use bra |
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air wad makk her feel better. | Isie | follaed her. She likit tae to |
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nythin else fur that maitter. | Isie | luikit Minnie up an doon, siz |
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fin it chingged oot the oor. | Isie | wis by aa mindin, as heich as |
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un, an aa its secret placies. | Isie | said Fermin an Natur baith hi |
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n on een o its main arteries. | Isie | hersel gaed tae fee pyin schu |
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wis denty noo an sma boukit. | Isie | wis tae be sent tae a fee-pey |
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he warren, an left them tilt. | Isie | wis enjoyin hersel, she aye d |
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p Steenhillock wi his hairst. | Isie | wis ages wi Minnie Bruce, a f |
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ued hame bi Princie an Tibby. | Isie | wis tae get a new pianie in t |
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er shanks war lang an sturdy. | Isie | , tho, wis like a waucht o thi |
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t jist like her da tae swick? | Isie | her cousin wis a month younge |
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d her. Up she merched an read | Isie | 's scrattins. The tawse cam oo |
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'Thank God fur thon,' sighed | Isie | . 'If Jock hid gaen inno the h |
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'Tae fen fur itsel,' replied | Isie | . 'Gin anither yowe's tint a l |
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'Ay' replied | Isie | . 'Noo wheesht fur the love o |
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l an the Deevilocks' wheedled | Isie | , seein that she'd peintit som |
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'No they're nae,' fuspered | Isie | . 'No they're nae. I can makk |
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n yer piece, Minnie?' speired | Isie | . 'Gie it tae ain o the Thamso |
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She hid lang, reid hair, did | Isie | , rugged back in a smeeth-caim |
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a heich opinion o hersel did | Isie | , bit still hid a saft spot fu |
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g leather tongue, skelp ontae | Isie | 's saft plump haun. |
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her spakk the same barr mebbe | Isie | . Even Matty, fa'd bin growin |
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an sat doon on the bed aside | Isie | . |
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e wye they'd pickit her afore | Isie | . Isie wis fully as clean as M |
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'Fa's hurtit ye | Isie | ?' she speired, fur yon cudna |
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better o't, he turned in. If | Isie | Menzies catched them he kent |
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e braisse bell wi a cloot, an | Isie | wis straikin the kittlin ae m |
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her. Minnie myndit fin she an | Isie | hid heard Jock Dow roarin oot |
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Minnie an | Isie | lay doon on the cauld, hard g |
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or cherm a wummin. Minnie an | Isie | raxxed their lugs, an managed |
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atween themsels an Minnie an | Isie | baith, faith ye cudna be easy |
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the reef beams far Minnie an | Isie | war hidin. Minnie could jist |
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his verra nicht. An hersel an | Isie | wad see't! |
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Fin | Isie | lowsed her buttons, Minnie no |
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baith sides. Neist year, fin | Isie | turned 13, she wid gyang tae |
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ft capers. Whiles o an evenin | Isie | cam roon fur a pianie lesson, |
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ttlin, war Minnie, her cousin | Isie | , an Meg Ramsay the maid. |
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rin her lessons wi her cousin | Isie | , ae bricht spot in the itherw |
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d awa frae the warren, leavin | Isie | an Dandy tae their ain device |
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oot the bruises she'd seen on | Isie | 's neck in the Earth Hoosie, a |
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, keepin weel ooto the road o | Isie | an Dandy, skirtin the back o |
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'Yer Da micht hae tried,' qho | Isie | . 'Bit my money wad be on Jock |
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n Minnie forget tae speir foo | Isie | hid come bi yon bruises, far |
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needin tae pee, Minnie,' quo | Isie | . |
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'Sae smeeth his pelt,' quo | Isie | . 'Lift him oot, Dandy!' |
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fingers war itchin tae skelp | Isie | 's dowp, she tint aa patience |
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neth seen gart her steer, fur | Isie | Menzies wis climmin up the kn |
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ut peats ower at Tully's, fur | Isie | wis ay full o tricks, ye nive |
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ll ower roch in her spikk fur | Isie | tae be seen aboot the toun wi |
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there wis nae horse there, as | Isie | could see fin she keekt throw |
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be onything like as gweed as | Isie | her cousin, faith she'd hae t |
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at een anither, an said that | Isie | wis surely gaun tae be 'a man |
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ben the bowster fur fear that | Isie | wad flatten Betsy, Isie bein |
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iced in the keekin glass that | Isie | wis beddit wi aa her claes on |
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st park. It wis sae hett that | Isie | lowsed the tap three buttons |
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Bit | Isie | didna wint tae luik at Matty' |
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e ither bairn tae connach bit | Isie | . She hid wyed near eleyven pu |
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n mebbe even bi smell, if fit | Isie | said wis true. Like a flooer |
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p on a sack o corn, an helpit | Isie | tae swing up in the spars o t |
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a thankless darg, speecially | Isie | . |