A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays

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Blanchard Amy Ella. A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays

CHAPTER I. THE INVITATION

CHAPTER II. RELIANCE

CHAPTER III. WHERE'S THE KEY?

CHAPTER IV. A HEARTY DINNER

CHAPTER V. THE RED BOOK

CHAPTER VI. THE OLD HOUSE

CHAPTER VII. THE MILL STREAM

CHAPTER VIII. JETTY'S PARTY

CHAPTER IX. THE ELDERFLOWERS

CHAPTER X. WHAT BEN DID

CHAPTER XI. FAREWELLS

CHAPTER XII. HOW ARE YOU?

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"How long have you lived here?" Edna asked her companion when they were outside.

"About six months," was the reply.

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"Dear me," sighed Edna, "I am afraid I shall eat a great deal and be very uncomfortable. I was last year for a little while because I ate two Thanksgiving dinners. What did you do last year, Reliance?"

Reliance looked very sober. "We didn't have much of a Thanksgiving last year, for it was just before my mother died and she was ill then, so us children just had to get along the best we could. Somebody sent us in a pie and some jelly for mother and that is about all we had to be thankful for. I suppose it was much better than nothing. We ate all the pie at one meal. Billy said we might as well for it wouldn't last two days anyhow unless we had little bits of pieces, so each of us had a whole quarter. Billy tried to trap a rabbit or shoot a squirrel or something, but he hadn't enough shot and the rabbits didn't trap."

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