Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-06

the turkeys BODDllng SO ne ran out 10
see what was the matter. He thought
somebody was stealing his turkeys.
Mary and Jessie told him that they
were catching their Thanksgiving s
dinner. Their grandpa told them that
that was the best thing they had done
since they had been there. They ate
all they could for dinner. Both of
them went to bed with stomach ache.
They said they had a good time just
the same. GRANT WHITE,
Duarte, Duarte public school, grade
seven.
Andy met them at the station and
gave them a hearty welcome. Mary
and Jessie sat in the back seat with
their mother, while Jack and Andy sat
in the front to drive the horses.
Mary and Jessie sang sweet Thanks
giving songs on the way, and had a
merry time.
They both got sleepy and fell asleep.
They did not awake till the boys, Andy
and Jack, were out shoveling snow
away from the sled, for they had run
into a snowdrift. Their mother did not
want them to wake up till they got to
grandpa's because they were tired from
their long journey.
They were about two miles from
grandpas when this accident hap
pened.
They got there about supper time.
They ate supper. Then they all sat
around the fireplace, popped corn and
ate nuts and apples. Each one had
story to tell.
1t was late when Jessie and Mary
were tucked into the old fashioned
feather bed, and they went to sleep
soon.
The next morning was Thanksgiving,
CT when the
others got up.
Jessie awakened first and she heard
them talking and laughing. They
dressed and went downstairs, where
grandma had a nice breakfast waiting
for them.
After breakfast they went out with
grandpa to kill the big gobbler which
was gobbling for the last time. Mary
said she hated to see his head go off,
but Thanksgiving would not be Thanks
giving without him.
The turkey was soon in the oven
roasting nice and brown.
Grandpa went out and saddled three
horses, two for Jessie and Mary and
one for himself. He said 1--WE will go
for a nice ride now and when we get
home dinner will be ready"
They rode over to the next farm,
where they made a short visit, while
Jessie and Mary slid down the hay
stack with the other children.
After dinner their mamma said they
had better go home. Andy got out the
same sled and they all got in, and be-
fore they started their grandpa secretly
slipped them a bag of nuts and apples,
which they relished on the way home.
They arrived safely and told their
little friends what happy Thanksgiy-
ing day they had spent at grandpa,s
LENA TRITCH.
Lompoc grammar school, fifth grade.
Age II.
Mamma and papa seated themselves
in the front with Andy. Mary, Jessie
and Jack were tucked snugly down in
the back, for grandmother had remem-
bered to cover the bottom of the sled
with hot bricks, as they do in the cold
east where fingers and toes are bitten
by Jack Frost.
Well, they were all in for fine ride,
but before they had gone far they
turned aside to escape running into an
other sled and ran into a stump, which
gave them such a jolt and threw them
so high up into the air they expected
to come down in the snow, but they
only bumped back into the sled and had
a big laugh over it.
Everything seemed funny after that,
and they soon reached the farmhouse,
where grandma had chairs drawn be-
fore the blazing fireplace and a hot
luncheon waiting in the dining room.
Jessie said: "Grandma's table looked
as if Thanksgiving had already begun"
g The girls objected to an early bed
time at grandmas, but they were
tucked in sooner than they liked and
talked long time after the light was
taken away.
They dressed early next morning and
went out to see grandpa's turkeys and
pigs. What a day! Sunshine and snow
outdoors, but coy and warm inside and
a. table loaded with real Thanksgiv-
ing feast.
It was a happy day for all, and when
they babe good by they told them they
would never forget that day.
DOROTHY MILLER.
Belvedere school, grade 8. 122 Ditman
street. Age 10.