Mallory says she loves how kids don’t pretend to be modest. No one in the BSC can be called modest. All they ever say is, “I don’t mean to sound conceited, but I’m the best at what I do.” LOL, I wonder if Mallory really means she loves how kids don't tack on "I don't mean to be conceited but..." or envies them for being little enough to get away with it. And really, I wonder if Ann or the ghostwriter actually thought about how it tends to come off when an adult or even a teen replies to a compliment with "I know."
The girls start to make cookies when the cat meows again. I wonder how long the cat has been there and why it only meows when Mallory is around. I kind of wish it were one of the kids with a squeaky toy that sounds like a cat, like in one of the St Clares books.
Some adults may think that a child addressing them by their first names is rude. For that matter, don't they call Mallory's parents "Mr and Mrs Pike", not "John and Dee"? Why should Joe be the only one to be called by his first name?
The way the Pikes handle the whole Uncle Joe situation really upsets me. It was unfair to the kids and to Uncle Joe (I mean, I would be stressed out if I had to live with the Pikes, and I don't have Alzheimer's. It seems like a nightmarish scenario for someone who does
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LOL, I wonder if Mallory really means she loves how kids don't tack on "I don't mean to be conceited but..." or envies them for being little enough to get away with it. And really, I wonder if Ann or the ghostwriter actually thought about how it tends to come off when an adult or even a teen replies to a compliment with "I know."
The girls start to make cookies when the cat meows again. I wonder how long the cat has been there and why it only meows when Mallory is around.
I kind of wish it were one of the kids with a squeaky toy that sounds like a cat, like in one of the St Clares books.
Some adults may think that a child addressing them by their first names is rude.
For that matter, don't they call Mallory's parents "Mr and Mrs Pike", not "John and Dee"? Why should Joe be the only one to be called by his first name?
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