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" Go and put your back to it," whispered the Turkey, " and I'll peep out of the window and try to see if it is really the new mother." IL] THE NEW MOTHER. GO AND PUT YOUR BACK TO IT WHISPERED THE TURKEY AND I'LL PEEP OUT OF THE WINDOW AND TRY TO SEE IF IT REALLY IS THE NEW MOTHER
NYHOW 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. 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 ! " whispered Blue-Eyes, " if it should be the new mother, what shall we do ? " " We won't let her in," whispered the Turkey, for she was afraid to speak aloud, and again there came a long and loud and terrible knocking at the door. "What shall we do? oh, what shall we do?" cried the children, in despair. " Oh, go away ! " they called out. " Go away ; we won't let you in ; we will never be naughty any more ; go away, go away ! " But again there came a loud and terrible knocking. "She'll break the door if she knocks so hard," cried Blue-Eyes. HEY 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 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 AT ALL AGAIN THERE CAME A LOUD AND TERRIBLE KNOCKING SHE'LL BREAK THE DOOR DOWN IF SHE KNOCKS SO HARD CRIED BLUE EYES
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