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`` And in summer we ca n't go coasting , '' said the practical Dot . `` That 's so , you ca n't , '' laughed Father Blossom , kissing her as he hurried out to the waiting car to go to his office . `` Waiting for warm weather for coasting is a pretty poor way to spend one 's time . '' Meg wore her locket to school , and long before the noon hour every girl had heard about great-great Aunt Dorothy , had tried on the locket , and had wished she had one exactly like it . `` Would n't it be awful if you lost it ! '' said Hester Scott . `` Then your little girl never could have a locket . ''