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If _I_ were a gentleman, said Sue, in her haughtiest manner,
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I would assist my friends when misfortune overtook them.
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Hear! hear!
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I had the nicest little plan to propose,
human
What was it, Sue?
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Not a word more to one so ungallant, so very rude.
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Ah, Sue dear, coaxed Charlie, coming down and putting his arm around her,
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Well, it isn't much, after all; it is only that I want to make Thanksgiving a little more of a reality, and I thought--now, Charlie, don't laugh at me--that if we could do something for somebody, which would make him thankful, wouldn't it be nicer.
human
And who did you think of?
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I thought of old black Betsey and her husband, they both are so old and so poor. Suppose we give them a dinner?
human
All by ourselves? Where would we get the money?
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We will have an exhibition of cats. I will borrow Aunt May's old tabby, and John's big Tom, and Lulie Bell's five white kittens, and we have our own, and you can get others, and we will rig up a room in the barn, and put placards up, and I will tie bright ribbons on all their necks, and we'll charge ten cents for grown people and five cents for children, and--oh, I don't know what else.
human
Splendid!
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as the placard read.
human
For one day only, was also on the placard. Charlie was door-keeper, and a busy time had Sue in keeping peace among the pussies. They screamed and scratched, and kept up a perfect _Pinafore_ chorus, until the child wished she was deaf, or could give them all opium; but the day wore on, and all the children of their acquaintance enjoyed the sport, and not a few of the elders looked in upon them. By evening Charlie was rejoicing in the possession of a full money-box, but his face grew long as he counted the pennies. In reply to Sue's eager query of
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How much?
human
Only two dollars and a half,
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Well, we can buy lots of things with that,
human
I am afraid it will take all for the turkey.
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Then we'll get chickens,
human
And how about cranberry jelly?
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Mother will give us apples from her barrel.
human
And celery, and sweet-potatoes, and all the other goodies?
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We must make it all do. I will go to Mr. Scott, the grocer, and tell him we want everything at the very lowest price.
human
Well, I leave it all to you,
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That is right. You'll see how I will manage,
human
I can give my tanks jist as well one place as anodder,
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Now please just go to oblige me, Aunt Betsey, said Sue;
human
Charlie and I want you and Uncle Jake to go to church for a very particular reason. You can not refuse me, I am sure.