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Louisa May Alcott. Christmas Turkey, A A

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A CHRISTMAS TURKEY

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

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Kitty was thirteen, and a very capable girl, who helped with the housekeeping, took care of the two little ones, and went to school. Tommy and Sammy looked up to her and thought her a remarkably good sister. Now, as they sat 'round the stove having "a go-to-bed talk," the three heads were close together; and the boys listened eagerly to Kitty's plans, while the rattle of the sewing machine in another room went on as tirelessly as it had done all day. Mother's work was more and more needed every month.

"Well!" began Kitty in an impressive tone, "we all know that there won't be a bit of Christmas in this family if we don't make it. Mother's too busy, and Father doesn't care, so we must see what we can do. It would be awful to go to school and say we hadn't had any turkey or plum pudding. Don't expect presents, but we must have some kind of a decent dinner."

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