She had been afraid she would be alone in a crowd of boys .<br>Mirabel was almost as bad as a boy -- she was so noisy and sunburned and reckless .<br>But at least she wore dresses .<br>`` We 've come to go fishing , '' announced Davy .<br>`` Whoop , '' yelled the Cottons .<br>They rushed away to dig worms at once , Mirabel leading the van with a tin can .<br>Dora could have sat down and cried .<br>Oh , if only that hateful Frank Bell had never kissed her !<br>Then she could have defied Davy , and gone to her beloved Sunday School .
Mirabel wore yellow dresses.