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large/10245/primaryreader_1605_librivox_64kb_mp3/primaryreader_03_smythe_64kb
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A white cloth and pretty dishes were on the table. There was a roast turkey, too. It was cooked and ready to eat. The knife and fork were in his back. The turkey jumped from the dish and ran to the little girl. The light went out and she was in the cold and dark again. A WHITE CLOTH AND PRETTY DISHES WERE ON THE TABLE THERE WAS A ROAST TURKEY TOO IT WAS COOKED AND READY TO EAT THE KNIFE AND FORK WERE IN HIS BACK THE TURKEY JUMPED FROM THE DISH AND RAN TO THE LITTLE GIRL THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND SHE WAS IN THE COLD AND DARK AGAIN
ndow fire money even pile Gretchen got colder and colder. She was afraid to go home. She knew her papa would whip her, if she did not take some money to him. It was as cold at home as in the street. They were too poor to have a fire. They had to put rags in the windows to keep out the wind. Gretchen did not even have a bed. She had to sleep on a pile of rags. * * * * * * * frozen candle sitting lighted thought stove near think step She sat down on a door step. [Illustration: GRETCHEN ON THE DOOR STEP.] Her little hands were almost frozen. She took a match and lighted it to warm her hands. The match looked like a little candle. Gretchen thought she was sitting by a big stove. It was so bright. She put the match near her feet, to warm them. Then the light went out. She did not think that she was by the stove any more. * * * * * * * another dishes roast table cloth ready fork knife turkey Gretchen lighted another match. Now she thought she could look into a room. In this room was a table. LLED GOOD THINGS COOKING SHE SAID TO HERSELF THIS IS THE LAST NIGHT OF THE YEAR NEW WINDOW FIRE MANNY EVEN HIGHER GRETCHEN GOT COLDER AND COLDER SHE WAS AFRAID TO GO HOME SHE KNEW HER PAPA WOULD WHIP HER IF SHE DID NOT TAKE SOME MONEY TO HIM IT WAS AS COLD AT HOME AS IN THE STREET THEY WERE TOO POOR TO HAVE A FIRE THEY HAD TO PUT RAGS IN THE WINDOWS TO KEEP OUT THE WIND GRETCHEN DID NOT EVEN HAVE A BED SHE HAD TO SLEEP ON A PILE OF RAGS FROZEN CANDLE SITTING WHY DID THOUGHT STOVE NEAR THINK STEP SHE SAT DOWN ON A DOORSTEP HER LITTLE HANDS WERE ALMOST FROZEN SHE TOOK A MATCH AND LIGHTED IT TO WARM HER HANDS THE MATCH LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE CANDLE GRETCHEN THOUGHT SHE WAS SITTING BY A BIG STOVE IT WAS SO BRIGHT SHE PUT THE MATCH NEAR HER FEET TO WARM THEM THEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT SHE DID NOT THINK THAT SHE WAS BY THE STOVE ANY MORE AND NOW THERE DISHES ROAST TABLE CLOTH READY WORK KNIFE TURKEY GRETCHEN LIGHTED ANOTHER MATCH NOW SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD LOOK INTO A ROOM IN THIS ROOM WAS A TABLE
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