Lulu was six years old last spring. She came to make a visit at her
grandfather’s, and stayed until after Thanksgiving.
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Lulu had lived away down in Cuba ever since she was a year old. Her
cousins had written to her what a good time they had on Thanksgiving
Day; so she was very anxious to be at her grandfather’s at that time.
They do not have a Thanksgiving Day down in Cuba. That is how Lulu did
not have one until she was six years old.
She could hardly wait for the day to come. Such a grand time as they did
have! Lulu did not know she had so many cousins until they came to spend
the day at her grandfather’s. It did not take them long to get
acquainted. Before time for dinner they felt as if they had always known
each other.
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The dinner was the grand event of the day. Lulu had never seen so long a
table except at a hotel, nor some of the vegetables and kinds of pie.
Lulu had never tasted turkey before. Her grandmother would not have one
cooked until then, so she could say that she had eaten her first piece
of turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
After dinner they played all kinds of games. All the uncles and aunts
and grown-up cousins played blind-man’s-buff with them.
“HOW MAMA USED TO PLAY.”