Mrs. Grant looked pityingly at the disappointed faces about her . `` Do n't cry , children , you make me feel worse . We are not the only ones who will have to do without a Christmas turkey . We ought to be very thankful that we have anything to eat at all . I hate to disappoint you , but it ca n't be helped . '' `` Never mind , Mother , '' said Keith , comfortingly , relaxing his hold upon the porch door , whereupon it suddenly flew open and precipitated Teddy , who had been tugging at the handle , heels over head backwards . `` We know you 've done your best . It 's been a hard year for you . Just wait , though . I 'll soon be grown up , and then you and these greedy youngsters shall feast on turkey every day of the year . Hello , Teddy , have you got on your feet again ? Mind , sir , no more blubbering ! '' `` When I 'm a man , '' announced Teddy with dignity , `` I 'd just like to see you put me in the porch . And I mean to have turkey all the time and I wo n't give you any , either . '' `` All right , you greedy small boy . Only take yourself off to school now , and let us hear no more squeaks out of you . Tramp , all of you , and give Mother a chance to get her work done . '' Mrs. Grant got up and fell to work at her dishes with a brighter face . `` Well , we must n't give in ; perhaps things will be better after a while . I 'll make a famous bread pudding , and you can boil some molasses taffy and ask those little Smithsons next door to help you pull it .
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