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`` And we have pink and red and blue crayons to draw on the blackboard with . '' `` Take another sandwich , darling , '' Rosemary urged her . `` You 're sure you wo n't get tired this afternoon ? You went home at noon every day last year , you know . '' `` Yes , but I 'm six now , '' Shirley reminded her sister . `` Will we have home work in our room , Rosemary ? '' It was one of Shirley 's ambitions to have `` home work '' to do , and she longed to take a book home at night as Rosemary and Sarah did .