`` What for ? '' asked Rob , without waiting to learn who the Pilgrims were . `` I forget , '' and Demi subsided . `` I believe it was because they were starved once , and so when they had a good harvest , they said , ` We will thank God for it , ' and they had a day and called it Thanksgiving , '' said Dan , who liked the story of the brave men who suffered so nobly for their faith . `` Good ! I did n't think you would remember any thing but natural history , '' and Mr. Bhaer tapped gently on the table as applause for his pupil . Dan looked pleased ; and Mrs. Jo said to her son , `` Now do you understand about it , Robby ? '' `` No , I do n't . I thought pil-grins were a sort of big bird that lived on rocks , and I saw pictures of them in Demi 's book . '' `` He means penguins . Oh , is n't he a little goosey ! '' and Demi laid back in his chair and laughed aloud . `` Do n't laugh at him , but tell him all about it if you can , '' said Mrs. Bhaer , consoling Rob with more cranberry sauce for the general smile that went round the table at his mistake . `` Well , I will ; '' and , after a pause to collect his ideas , Demi delivered the following sketch of the Pilgrim Fathers , which would have made even those grave gentlemen smile if they could have heard it . `` You see , Rob , some of the people in England did n't like the king , or something , so they got into ships and sailed away to this country . It was all full of Indians , and bears , and wild creatures , and they lived in forts , and had a dreadful time . '' `` The bears ? '' asked Robby , with interest . `` No ; the Pilgrims , because the Indians troubled them . They had n't enough to eat , and they went to church with guns , and ever so many died , and they got out of the ships on a rock , and it 's called Plymouth Rock , and Aunt Jo saw it and touched it .
The XXXXX killed all the Indians , and got rich ; and hung the witches , and were very good ; and some of the greatest great-grandpas came in the ships .
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