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She found her more interesting than her other children , and she took her more seriously , without thinking much about why she did so . The other children had to be guided , directed , kept from conflicting with one another . Charley and Gus were likely to want the same thing , and to quarrel about it . Anna often demanded unreasonable service from her older brothers ; that they should sit up until after midnight to bring her home from parties when she did not like the youth who had offered himself as her escort ; or that they should drive twelve miles into the country , on a winter night , to take her to a ranch dance , after they had been working hard all day . Gunner often got bored with his own clothes or stilts or sled , and wanted Axel 's . But Thea , from the time she was a little thing , had her own routine . She kept out of every one 's way , and was hard to manage only when the other children interfered with her .