The first Ink-Bottle Baby said, “I don’t know, boo-hoo!”
The second Ink-Bottle Baby said, “I don’t know, boo-hoo!”
Polly said, “I am crying because Molly is crying.”
Molly said, “I am crying because we have no grandma and grandpa to go to see on Thanksgiving Day.”
Then all the Ink-Bottle Babies said, “We want a grandma and grandpa, boo-hoo!”
The Ink-Bottle Mamma said, “Dry your eyes, and I will tell you what to do.”
Then the Ink-Bottle Babies dried their eyes and Mamma said, “Suppose we go and spend Thanksgiving Day with the farmer and his wife!”
The Ink-Bottle Babies clapped their hands and shouted, “Hurrah! hurrah!”
When they had stopped their noise, Mamma said each Baby should take a pie in a little basket to the farmer and his wife.
Then she took the Babies to the pantry and showed them twenty-five little pies all in a row.