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With which statement , Pollyanna , her face carefully averted , turned and trailed listlessly out of the room . `` It 's so funny and so -- so hard , I 'm afraid I 'm making a mess of it , '' she whispered to herself anxiously , as she hurried down-stairs to the kitchen . Behind her , Aunt Polly , in the bedroom , gazed after her with eyes that were again faintly puzzled . Aunt Polly had occasion a good many times before six o'clock that night to gaze at Pollyanna with surprised and questioning eyes . Nothing was right with Pollyanna . The fire would not burn , the wind blew one particular blind loose three times , and still a third leak was discovered in the roof . The mail brought to Pollyanna a letter that made her cry -LRB- though no amount of questioning on Aunt Polly 's part would persuade her to tell why -RRB- .