item: #1 of 5 id: 19909 author: None title: Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know date: None words: 84621 flesch: 85 summary: With that true spirit of Christian charity which marked all his actions, he invariably chose out the homeliest and most neglected, and thus worthy Aunt Keziah, dear old soul, was for a time made quite prominent by his attentions.... Grandmother's face was radiant with satisfaction, as the wave of joyousness crept up higher and higher round her, till the elders, who stood keeping time with their heads and feet, began to tell one another how they had danced with their sweethearts in good old days gone by, and the elder women began to blush and bridle, and boast of steps that they could take in their youth, till the music finally subdued them, and into the dance they went. For myself, said little old Mr. Crooker, with a smile. keywords: aunt; baby; bert; big; boys; children; corn; daughter; day; days; dinner; door; eph; eyes; face; family; father; fire; going; good; governor; great; half; hand; hannah; head; heart; heer; home; house; jason; john; kind; kitchen; kittredge; know; letter; like; look; man; mary; master; minister; minty; mitchel; morning; mother; mrs; new; open; people; pies; place; poor; right; room; round; sarah; set; submit; table; thanksgiving; thanksgiving day; things; thought; time; turkey; uncle; voice; want; way; white; wife; work; year; young cache: 19909.txt plain text: 19909.txt item: #2 of 5 id: 30007 author: Blanchard, Amy Ella title: A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays date: None words: 35624 flesch: 90 summary: Mrs. Conway read: I hereby appoint Edna Conway to be my proxy and to vote upon any question which may come up before this meeting. Here comes Edna Conway, cried Esther Ann; she can tell us just what to do. keywords: alcinda; amanda; ann; ben; boys; conway; day; dear; door; edna; esther; girls; good; grandma; home; house; mother; mrs; reliance; room; things; time; way cache: 30007.txt plain text: 30007.txt item: #3 of 5 id: 40463 author: Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows) title: The Little Colonel's Holidays date: None words: 51496 flesch: 86 summary: And she said, 'Tell that blessed little Betty that she has given me an inspiration for life. It was always ready in her loving little hand. keywords: allison; aunt; away; betty; boys; children; christmas; colonel; day; door; dot; elise; eugenia; eyes; face; girls; good; hand; head; home; house; jack; joyce; kitty; life; little; lloyd; look; looking; miss; molly; mother; mrs; night; people; picture; place; room; story; things; thought; time; walton; white cache: 40463.txt plain text: 40463.txt item: #4 of 5 id: 44319 author: Munsell, Ida Hamilton title: Miss Heck's Thanksgiving Party; or, Topsy Up To Date date: None words: 2715 flesch: 73 summary: Any person with but half an eye could recognize at a glance the extraordinary character of Miss Myra Heck! But, unfortunately, Miss Myra was born of black parents away down in the sunny southland, and the dark hue of skin and wisps of woolly curls which are characteristic of the negro race have descended upon their offspring. keywords: heck; miss; myra; party; thanksgiving; woman cache: 44319.txt plain text: 44319.txt item: #5 of 5 id: 45114 author: None title: The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories date: None words: 84822 flesch: 85 summary: With that true spirit of Christian charity which marked all his actions, he invariably chose out the homeliest and most neglected, and thus worthy Aunt Keziah, dear old soul, was for a time made quite prominent by his attentions.... Grandmother's face was radiant with satisfaction, as the wave of joyousness crept up higher and higher round her, till the elders, who stood keeping time with their heads and feet, began to tell one another how they had danced with their sweethearts in good old days gone by, and the elder women began to blush and bridle, and boast of steps that they could take in their youth, till the music finally subdued them, and into the dance they went. For myself, said little old Mr. Crooker, with a smile. keywords: aunt; baby; bert; big; boys; children; corn; daughter; day; days; dinner; door; eph; eyes; face; family; father; fire; going; good; governor; great; half; hand; hannah; head; heart; heer; home; house; jason; john; kind; kitchen; kittredge; know; letter; like; look; man; mary; master; minister; minty; mitchel; morning; mother; mrs; new; open; people; pies; place; poor; right; room; round; sarah; set; submit; table; thanksgiving; thanksgiving day; things; thought; time; turkey; uncle; voice; want; way; white; wife; work; year; young cache: 45114.txt plain text: 45114.txt