That little bird certainly performed its mission in life, for as Mrs. Henderson sent you! Now you can eat fit for a king!" When it was opened, there lay a little bird delicately roasted, and folded in a clean napkin also a glass of jelly, crimson and clear. Henderson sent it - see! See!"Īnd in the greatest excitement he placed in her lap a basket that smelled savory and nice even before it was opened. A rap at the door, and little David ran down to find the cause. "The Lord only knows where we'll get it," she groaned within herself. Pepper saw the hardest part of her trouble now before her, as she realized that the returning appetite must be fed only on strengthening food: For where it was to come from she couldn't tell. "Oh, I want something to eat! Some gingerbread or some bread and butter." "Here, you pretty creeter you, here's something nice." And she temptingly held the spoon over Joel's mouth, but with a grimace he turned away. Beebe in great alarm, trotting for the cup of gruel. And one morning he astonished them all by turning over suddenly and exclaiming, "I want something to eat!" Ut as Joel was smitten down suddenly, so he came up quickly, and his hearty nature asserted itself by rapid strides toward returning health. "The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew "The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" by Margaret Sidney: Chapter 9
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