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Read the passage and write a one-paragraph response of at least three to five sentences. use proper spelling and grammar.

(from “amelia and the dwarfs,” by juliana horatia ewing, 1870)

from her baby days her father and mother had taken every opportunity of showing her to their friends, and there was not a friend who did not dread the infliction. when the good lady visited her acquaintances, she always took amelia with her, and if the acquaintances were fortunate enough to see from the windows who was coming, they used to snatch up any delicate knick-knacks, or brittle ornaments lying about, and put them away, crying, "what is to be done? here comes amelia! "

when amelia came in, she would stand and survey the room, whilst her mother saluted her acquaintance; and if anything struck her fancy, she would interrupt the greetings to draw her mother's attention to it, with a twitch of her shawl, "oh, look, mamma, at that funny bird in the glass case! " or perhaps, "mamma, mamma! there's a new carpet since we were here last; " for, as her mother said, she was "a very observing child."

then she would wander round the room, examining and fingering everything, and occasionally coming back with something in her hand to tread on her mother's dress, and break in upon the ladies' conversation with—"mamma! mamma! what's the good of keeping this old basin? it's been broken and mended, and some of the pieces are quite loose now. i can feel them: " or—addressing the lady of the house—"that's not a real ottoman in the corner. it's a box covered with chintz. i know, for i've looked."

then her mamma would say, reprovingly, "my dear amelia! "

and perhaps the lady of the house would beg, "don't play with that old china, my love; for though it is mended, it is very valuable; " and her mother would add, "my dear amelia, you must not."

sometimes the good lady said, "you must not." sometimes she tried—"you must not" when both these failed, and amelia was balancing the china bowl on her finger-ends, her mamma would get flurried, and when amelia flurried her, she always rolled her r's, and emphasized her words, so that it sounded thus:

"my dear-r-r-r-ramelia! you must not."

what is likely to happen next? be sure to support your response with at least two examples from the text.

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