1. I feel sure that she did not know me, for she cried out, "Oh, granny! here is a nasty¹ fly on my bread and honey. I dare say that the horrid² thing has been crawling³ all over it!  
2. "I wish a spider would come and catch it!" went on Rose, quite crossly, "for I do not like to kill it myself!" And here she gave me a little poke⁴ with a fork. But not hard enough to hurt me.[Pg 85]
 
3. "Why, Rose, what is the matter?" said her granny. "I thought that you were fond of the little, busy, useful flies that come to dance and play in the house?"
 
4. "Well, I cannot see what good they do," said Rose, "getting into the cream and sticking on to the bread and honey." Something had put little Rose out of temper⁵. But I felt sure it would not last long.
 
5. "I wish he would not get on to my plate," said she, bending down her face to hide it, for she began to feel ashamed. "But I will not hurt him."
 
6. And she took one of her granny's knitting⁶ needles in her hand. I shook with fear when I saw this great spear coming; but Rose used it in a most gentle and kind way.
 
7. She lifted my body out after setting⁷ my legs free, and though I felt strained⁸ and ti............