Miss P.—I hardly think any one will be hungry enough for that. People do not eat trees.
Sammy—Deers do, ’n bears, ’n—’n—moose! Jes’ s’pos’n a big moose comed along, ’n et off all the branches!
Miss P.—We’ll risk it, I think. Next on the programme is a duet by Jacob Toothaker and Rhoda Jenkins.
(They come out, bow to the chair, then to the school, then, elaborately to each other, and sing to the tune, “Reuben, Reuben, I’ve Been Thinking.”)
Rhoda—
Jacob, Jacob, I’ve ben thinkin’
What a grand good thing ’twould be
If each day could jest be Christmas,
With a great big Christmas tree.