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The children felt their hearts stand still. They knew it could not be their own mother, for she would have turned the handle and tried to come in without any knocking at all " Oh, Turkey THE CHILDREN FELT THEIR HEARTS STAND STILL THEY KNEW IT COULD NOT BE THEIR OWN MOTHER FOR SHE WOULD HAVE TURNED THE HANDLE ON TRYING TO COME IN WITHOUT ANY KNOCKING
neat as they could, till it looked more and more as if the dear mother's hands had been busy about it. They felt more and more certain she would return, she and the dear little baby together, and they thought they would set the tea-things for her, just as she had so often set them for her naughty children. They took down the tea-tray, and got out the cups, and put the kettle on the fire to boil, and made everything look as home-like as they could. There was no sweet loaf to put on the table, but perhaps the mother would bring something from the village, they thought. At last all was ready, and Blue-Eyes and the Turkey washed their faces and their hands, and then sat and waited, for of course they did not believe what the 44 ANYHOW STORIES. [STORY village girl had said about their mother sailing away. Suddenly, while they were sitting by the fire, they heard a sound as of something heavy being dragged along the ground outside, and then there was a loud and terrible knocking at the door.  STOPPED CRYING FOR A MINUTE TO THINK WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WE WILL BOLT THE DOOR AND SHUT THE WINDOW AND WE WON'T TAKE ANY NOTICE WHEN SHE KNOCKS ALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEY SAT WATCHING AND LISTENING FOR FEAR OF THE NEW MOTHER BUT THEY SAW AND HEARD NOTHING OF HER AND GRADUALLY THEY BECAME LESS AND LESS AFRAID LEST SHE SHOULD COME THEY FETCHED A PAIL OF WATER AND WASHED THE FLOOR THEY FOUND SOME RAGS AND RUBBED THE TINS THEY PICKED UP THE BROKEN MUGS AND MADE THE ROOM AS NEAT AS THEY COULD THERE WAS NO SWEET LOAF TO PUT UPON THE TABLE BUT PERHAPS THE MOTHER WOULD BRING SOMETHING FROM THE VILLAGE THEY THOUGHT AT LAST ALL WAS READY AND BLUE EYES AND TURKEY WASHED THEIR FACES IN THEIR HANDS THEN SAT AND WAITED FOR OF COURSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE WHAT THE VILLAGE GIRL HAD SAID ABOUT THEIR MOTHER'S SAILING AWAY SUDDENLY WHILE THEY WERE SITTING BY THE FIRE THEY HEARD A SOUND AS OF SOMETHING HEAVY BEING DRAGGED ALONG THE GROUND OUTSIDE THEN THERE WAS A LOUD AND TERRIBLE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
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