Entry #4 UPDATES OFTEN
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Dear Diary,
Ms. Brownell hates Emily more than ever now. She is continuing to write poetry in class and Ms. Brownell always catches her and makes fun of her writing. Everyone laughs except for Ilse, Perry, Jennie, and me. I think that Emily's poetry is rather clever and witty, but Ms. Brownell certainly doesn't agree.
Emily was delighted by a portrait I painted for her, and I have vowed to paint a better one when I am more talented and have had more education in art.
Emily says that I must help her find the Lost Diamond, but I have not had the chance yet; it's been raining all this week and last. I hope the rain shall end soon.
I am disliking Perry Miller more than ever. We are playing a medieval game where Emily and Ilse are damsels in distress and me and Perry are knights that are coming to rescue them. I built a whole suit of armor that Emily and Ilse loved until Perry built a so-called better one that I really didn't think was that good. After I spent so much time on mine!
My mother has poisoned the barn cats and I do feel sorry, for I really loved them and enjoyed playing with them. I think that is why Mother poisoned them: she can't tolerate anything I love other than herself. It is not selfish at all, but people think that it is terrible. But Mother is sweet and kind when it's just me and her.
I've been lending Emily more and more books. I'm not sure if she's told her Aunt Elizabeth yet, but so far, it seems that her aunt is fine with it. I lent her some poetry books that couldn't do any harm.
I caught Emily crying the other day, and like a gentleman, of course, I stopped and asked her what was wrong. It turns out that Lofty John is cutting down the grove of trees north of New Moon. I had heard this from Ilse before, but I had thought it was all a rumor. I had an idea for Emily to visit a Catholic priest and ask him to stop Lofty John from cutting down the grove. I suppose we must see what is to come of it.
Emily turned down a sketch I made of demons after Lofty John, and I felt quite put out after, so I added some more demons and some more pitchforks, but it didn't really help me or Emily, I don't think.
Emily is either oblivious or she enjoys snubbing me, for every attempt I make to talk to her alone, she walks away or changes the subject. I don't understand how a female creature could be that oblivious, so I suppose she doesn't return my feelings for her and feel like that for me at all and I must be content with waiting for her to realize that we do belong together, despite any objections on her part.
Teddy Kent