4. CLEMENTINE SAID: ‘WE’LL BE VERY HAPPY TOGETHER. WE’LL TRAVEL AND KNOW NEW PLACES AND DIFFERENT TURTLES, WE’LL DISCOVER NEW FISH, AND OTHER PLANTS AND FLOWERS IN THE BANKS IT’LL BE A WONDERFUL LIFE!, WE CAN EVEN TRAVEL ABROAD YOU KNOW WHAT?… I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO VENICE… AND ARTHUR JUST SMILED AND NODDED
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6. ONE DAY, WHEN ARTHUR CAME BACK, CLEMENTINE TOLD HIM: ‘I’D LOVE TO HAVE A FLUTE. I’D LEARN HOW TO PLAY, I’D INVENT MELODIES, SO I’D BE ENTERTAINED. BUT ARTHUR DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA: YOU! PLAYING THE FLUTE? YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW THE SCALES! YOU JUST CAN’T LEARN. YOU ARE NOT GIFTED.
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10. CLEMENTINE THOUGHT: ‘OH, I’VE BEEN SILLY AGAIN. I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OR ARTHUR IS GOING TO BE FED UP OF SUCH A STUPID WOMAN’ SO SHE TRIED TO SPEAK AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. ARTHUR IMMEDIATELY REALISED AND SAID: ‘ I HAVE A REALLY BORING PARTNER . SHE NEVER SPEAKS, AND WHEN SHE DOES, SHE JUST TALKS NONSENSE. BUT HE FELT BAD FOR HIS WORDS AND, A FEW DAYS LATER, HE BROUGHT A BIG PARCEL: ‘LOOK, I MET A FRIEND WHO IS A PAINTER AND I BOUGHT HIM THIS PICTURE FOR YOU...I THINK YOU’LL BE GLAD AS YOU SAID YOU WERE INTERESTED IN ART. HERE YOU ARE. TIE IT UP FIRMLY, OR YOU’LL LOSE IT. YOU ARE SO ABSENT-MINDED!’
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19. LITTLE BY LITTLE, THE WALK BECAME A HABIT AND CLEMENTINE FELT HAPPIER WITH HER NEW LIFE. ARTHUR DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING, BUT HE SUSPECTED SOMETHING HAPPENED: ‘WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT? YOU LOOK STUPID!’ HE SAID
20. BUT CLEMENTINE, WASN’T WORRIED THIS TIME, SHE WASN’T WORRIED AT ALL. ONCE ARTHUR LEFT SHE CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE. HE FOUND HER CHANGED, AND THE HOUSE WAS VERY UNTIDY, BUT CLEMENTINE WAS REALLY HAPPY AND SHE DIDN’T CARE ABOUT ARTHUR’S COMPLAINS