human
What, all that?
gpt
One’s the Christmas dinner. And the other has toys for the children. O, you needn’t look so surprised. I haven’t been extravagant. I’ve only taken up a collection in a few families where there are children, and got a lot of play-things they were tired of. Dick and I worked like Trojans, mending up things. Dick’s a genius when it comes to glue and that sort of thing.
human
See those picture books! I made the covers of paste-board, with calico pasted over them. The insides were almost as good as new. Isabel’s doll has a new head from the ten cent store, and Estelle’s has a wig that belonged to another doll first. Francesca is too old for dolls, I suppose, so there’s a little bead necklace for her. And Jimmy and John--
gpt
Isn’t it funny that the girls should have such dressy names, and the boys such every-day ones?
human
Mrs. Dunn names the girls, and Mr. Dunn the boys, that’s why. I’ve got a pocket-knife for Jimmy, and a Noah’s ark and things like that for the little boys. I guess it’ll seem like quite a Christmas to them, even if the toys are second hand.