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Title: Jack and Jill

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Posting Date: December 22, 2008 [EBook #2786]
Release Date: August, 2001

Language: English

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JACK AND JILL

By Louisa May Alcott

To the schoolmates of ELLSWORTH DEVENS,
Whose lovely character will not soon be forgotten,
This Village Story is affectionately inscribed by their friend,

L.M.A.
1880

Contents

Chapter I The Catastrophe
Chapter II Two Penitents
Chapter III Ward No. I
Chapter IV Ward No. 2
Chapter V Secrets
Chapter VI Surprises
Chapter VII Jill's Mission
Chapter VIII Merry and Molly
Chapter IX The Debating Club
Chapter X The Dramatic Club
Chapter XI "Down Brakes"
Chapter XII The Twenty-second of February
Chapter XIII Jack Has a Mystery
Chapter XIV And Jill Finds it out
Chapter XV Saint Lucy
Chapter XVI Up at Merry's
Chapter XVII Down at Molly's
Chapter XVIII May Baskets
Chapter XIX Good Templars
Chapter XX A Sweet Memory
Chapter XXI Pebbly Beach
Chapter XXII A Happy Day
Chapter XXIII Cattle Show
Chapter XXIV Down the River

JACK AND JILL

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To coast with fun and laughter;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Chapter I. The Catastrophe

"Clear the lulla!" was the general cry on a bright December afternoon,
when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the
first good snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they went
as fast as legs and sleds could carry them. One smooth path led into the
meadow, and here the little folk congregated; one swept across the pond,
where skaters were darting about like water-bugs; and the third, from
the very top of the steep hill, ended abruptly at a rail fence on the
high bank above the road. There was a gr