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Jo's Boys
by Louisa M. Alcott
1 Ten Years Later
2 Parnassus
3 Jo's Last Scrape
4 Dan
5 Vacation
6 Last Words
7 The Lion and the Lamb
8 Josie Plays Mermaid
9 The Worm Turns
10 Demi Settles
11 Emil's Thanksgiving
12 Dan's Christmas
13 Nat's New Year
14 Plays at Plumfield
15 Waiting
16 In the Tennis-court
17 Among the Maids
18 Class Day
19 White Roses
20 Life for Life
21 Aslauga's Knight
Chapter 1
TEN YEARS LATER
'If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place here in ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,' said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg, as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield one summer day, looking about them with faces full of pride and pleasure.
'This is the sort of magic that money and kind hearts can work. I am sure Mr Laurence could have no nobler monument than the college he so generously endowed; and a home like this will keep Aunt March's memory green as long as it lasts,' answered Mrs Meg, always glad to praise the absent.
'We used to believe in fairies, you remember, and plan what we'd ask for if we could have three wishes. Doesn't it seem as if mine had been really granted at last? Money, fame, and plenty of the work I love,' said Mrs Jo, carelessly rumpling up her hair as she clasped her hands over her head just as she used to do when a girl.
'I have had mine, and Amy is enjoying hers to her heart's content. If dear Marmee, John, and Beth were here, it would be quite perfect,' added M
Jo's Boys
by Louisa May Alcott
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