CHAPTER SEVEN 

AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION 

"That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed. 

"How dare you say so, when he's got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too," cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend. 

"I didn't say anything about his eyes, and I don't see why you need fire up when I admire his riding." 

"Oh, my goodness! That little goose means a centaur, and she called him a Cyclops," exclaimed Jo, with a burst of laughter. 

"You needn't be so rude, it's only a 'lapse of lingy', as Mr. Davis says," retorted Amy, finishing Jo with her Latin. "I just wish I had a little of the money Laurie spends on that horse," she added, as if to herself, yet hoping her sisters would hear. 

"Why?" asked Meg kindly, for Jo had gone off in another laugh at Amy's second blunder. 

"I need it so much. I'm dreadfully in debt, and it won't be my turn to have the rag money for a month." 

"In debt, Amy? What do you mean?" And Meg looked sober. 

"Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can't pay them, you know, till I have money, for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop." 

"Tell me all about it. Are limes the fashion now? It used to be pricking bits of rubber to make balls." And Meg tried to keep her countenance, Amy looked so grave and important. 
who was Amy speaking to?
who meant a centaur and not a cyclops?
who was Amy calling a cyclops?
was that Jo's friend?
what did Amy wish she had of Laurie's?
why did she want it so much?
who was curious about her debt?
did Laurie ride by?
what was he on?
what did Amy want to get from the store?
did someone forbid her from charging items at the store?
who?
Did Laurie have a whip?
who thought he was handsome?
did she like his eyes in particular?
who were Amy's sisters?
Jo
How dare you say so, when he's got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too," cried Jo, 
Amy
That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed. 

"How dare you say so, when he's got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too," cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend. 

"I didn't say anything about his eyes, and I don't see why you need fire up when I admire his riding." 

"Oh, my goodness! That little goose means a centaur, and she called him a Cyclops,
Laurie
"That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback
Yes
How dare you say so, when he's got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too," cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend. 

His money
"I just wish I had a little of the money Laurie spends on that horse,"
She is in debt.
I need it so much. I'm dreadfully in debt,
Meg
"In debt, Amy? What do you mean?" And Meg looked sober. 
Yes
"That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, 
A horse
That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, 
A dozen pickled limes
"Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, 
Yes
, for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop." 

Marmee
for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop." 
Yes
Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed. 
Jo
"How dare you say so, when he's got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too," cried Jo
Yes
"How dare you say so, when he's got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too," cried Jo,
Meg and Jo
yet hoping her sisters would hear. 

"Why?" asked Meg kindly, for Jo had gone off in another laugh at Amy's second blunder. 