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Ma picked up the baby and sat down at the head of the table. Little Teddy laughed and pinched her face  Ma‚Äôs face! MA PI PICKED UP THE BABY AND SAT DOWN AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE LITTLE TEDDY LAUGHED AND PINCHED HER FACE MA'S FACE
im a molassed cooky. ‚ÄúNow, Pa Sloane, you can explain,‚ÄĚ she said. Pa explained. Ma listened in grim silence until he had finished. Then she said sternly: ‚ÄúDo you reckon we‚Äôre going to keep this baby?‚ÄĚ ‚ÄúI--I--dunno,‚ÄĚ said Pa. And he didn‚Äôt. ‚ÄúWell, we‚Äôre NOT. I brought up one boy and that‚Äôs enough. I don‚Äôt calculate to be pestered with any more. I never was much struck on children _as_ children, anyhow. You say that Mary Garland had a brother out in Manitoba? Well, we shall just write to him and tell him he‚Äôs got to look out for his nephew.‚ÄĚ ‚ÄúBut how can you do that, Ma, when nobody knows his address?‚ÄĚ objected Pa, with a wistful look at that delicious, laughing baby. ‚ÄúI‚Äôll find out his address if I have to advertise in the papers for him,‚ÄĚ retorted Ma. ‚ÄúAs for you, Pa Sloane, you‚Äôre not fit to be out of a lunatic asylum. The next auction you‚Äôll be buying a wife, I s‚Äôpose?‚ÄĚ Pa, quite crushed by Ma‚Äôs sarcasm, pulled his chair in to supper. OFA FENCED HIM AROUND WITH CHAIRS SO THAT HE COULDN'T FALL OFF AND GIVE HIM ALAS SAYS COOKY NOW PA' ALONE YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN SHE SAID PA EXPLAINED MA LI LISTENED AND GRINNED SILENT UNTIL HE HAD FINISHED THEN SHE SAID STERNLY DO YOU RECKON WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS BABY I I DON'T KNOW SAID PA AND HE DIDN'T WELL WE'RE NOT I BOUGHT UP ONE BOY AND THAT'S ENOUGH I DID DON'T CALCULATE TO BE PESTERED WITH ANY MORE I NEVER WAS MUCH STRUCK ON CHILDREN AS CHILDREN ANYHOW YOU SAY THAT MARY GARLAND HAD WEATHER OUT IN MANITOBA WELL WE SHALL JUST WRITE TO HIM AND TELL HIM THAT HE'S GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR HIS NEPHEW BUT HOW CAN YOU DO THAT MA WHEN NOBODY KNOWS HIS ADDRESS OBJECTED PA WITH A WISTFUL LOOK AT THAT DELICITIOUS LAUGHING BABY I'LL FIND OUT HIS ADDRESS IF I HAVE TO GO TO ADVERTISE IN THE PAPERS FOR HIM RETORTED MA AS FOR YOU PA S ALONE YOU'RE NOT FIT TO BE OUT OF A LUNATIC ASYLUM THE NEXT AUCTION YOU'LL BE BUYING A WIFE I SUPPOSE PA PA QUITE CLUTCHED BY MA'S SARCASM PULLED HIS CHAIR IN TO SUPPER
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