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This episode is brought to you by Mrs. Rachel's All-Seeing Eye.

Tonight, we'll read the second chapter to Anne of Green Gables, the classic 1908 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

This chapter is titled, Matthew Cuthbert is Surprised.

Written for all ages, it recounts the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan named Anne Shirley

on Prince Edward Island, Canada.

In the first episode, we meet busy body Rachel, who checks in on Marilla Cuthbert.

They live in a small town on Prince Edward Island in Canada.

Marilla lives on her farm with her brother Matthew, and they are both growing older.

They decided to adopt an orphan boy, which shocks Rachel.

Rachel tries to frighten Marilla with terrible orphan stories from the news, but Marilla has a cooler head.

Also, she reasons that at least the orphan isn't going to be a girl.

Let's get cozy, close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

Matthew Cuthbert and the sorrel mare jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River.

It was a pretty road, running along between snug farmsteads, with now and again a bit of balsamy fur wood to drive through or a hollow where wild plums hung out their filmy bloom.

The air was sweet with the breath of many apple orchards, and the meadows sloped away in the distance to horizon mists of pearl and purple.

While the little birds sang as if it were the one day of summer in all the year.

Matthew enjoyed the drive after his own fashion, except during the moments when he met women and had to nod to them.

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