“Is the Thanksgiving dinner ready?” asked Tommy.
“For we are very hungry,” spoke Johnny.
“It is nearly ready,” said Suzette.
And then, pretty soon, the Trippertrot family sat down to a fine Thanksgiving dinner. There was turkey and cranberry sauce, and oysters, and celery, and nuts, and cake, and oranges, and figs, and cookies, and oh! ever so many things. I can’t remember half of them.
But the Trippertrots were careful not to eat too much, as that isn’t proper, and, besides, it makes you ill. So they ate just enough, and they had a fine time afterward playing many kinds of games.
And then—oh, well, I guess you had better look at the next story, to see what happened afterward.
ADVENTURE NUMBER FIVE
THE TRIPPERTROTS IN A GROCERY WAGON
“Well, what game shall we play now?” asked Mary Trippertrot, of her brothers Johnny and Tommy, when they had finished playing the one called “Please Don’t Step on My Toes.” It was a game Mary made up herself, and was very nice.
“Oh, I don’t know,” answered Tommy. “Suppose we play ‘Hide the Knitting Needle’?”
“That’s no fun!” exclaimed Johnny. “Besides, some of us might get stuck by the needle.”