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`` No , no , '' answered Fanny , `` I would not sell my bird for all the dresses in the world . '' This made the selfish , naughty Mary more angry than ever ; and she went around whispering to all the girls to look at the patches in Fanny Lee 's dress . Some of them laughed with Mary , and poor Fanny felt very much hurt and grieved . After school , that noon , Frank found her crying alone in her room , and for the first time in her life , she refused to tell him what was the matter . In the afternoon , after school was out , Fanny did not stay , as she sometimes did , to play on the green with the children ; but she took her book , and turned down into the meadow path alone . Frank felt very sad when he saw that his sister avoided him ; but he followed her into the woods , and found her sitting in her favorite spot . It was autumn , and the weather was cooler .