Anne of Green Gables Anne Arrives

“We asked for a boy. Were there no boys at the orphanage?”

When Matthew and Marilla decide to adopt a child to help them at their farm, Green Gables, they specifically ask for a boy. But when Matthew goes to Bright River Station to collect the child, he gets a shock.

What do Matthew and Marilla decide to do? Do they keep the child? This child is certainly very different.