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Speaker 1: They got the turkey by missus Margaret Etting. The shop

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of mister Ona Sander Golong looked that twenty fourth of

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December like a bower. Two young cedar trees stood, one

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on each side of the doorway. Long garlands of evergreen

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sprinkled with bright berries were festooed all over the walls,

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and every turkey there, and there were lots of them,

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hanging like some new kind of gigantic fruit from the

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mass of green that covered the ceiling had a gay

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ribbon tied around its neck. And such a wonderful picture

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in the way of freshness and color as the big

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window presented to the passers by bunches of crisp, light

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green celery leaning up against heaps of brown, pink eyed

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potatoes and honest red onions, fiery looking peppers side by

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side with golden oranges and yellow lemons, hard smooth, shining

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cranberries trying to look as though they were sweet, great

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fat pumpkins, piles of green and piles of rosy apples,

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bunches of fragrant thyme, and more turkeys, some with and

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some without their feathered coats, but all, as I said before,

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with gay ribbons around their necks. Dear me, if Santa

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Claus could have only looked into that window and peeped

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into that shop, how pleased he would have been, and

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how he would have laughed, And he certainly would have

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taken mister Oner sandig Along for a long lost brother.

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For never before did mortal man so strongly resemble the

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children's old Christmas friend, snow white hair, long, snow white beard,

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twinkling blue eyes, round, fat, red, good natured face, a

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fur cap on his head, bunches of holly berries pinned

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here and there on his shaggy jacket, and a laugh, good, gracious,

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such a loud, hearty, mirth provoking laugh that the very

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people on the street hearing it, began to smile and

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feel that Christmas was here. Indeed, and I tell you,

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mister Oner sander Goalong was busy that day, and so

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were all the men and boys employed by him. Turkeys

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and other things that had been ordered the evening before,

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Turkeys and other things that had been ordered early that morning,

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and turkeys and other things being ordered all the time

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were to be packed away in huge baskets and sent

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to their respective destinations. But he wasn't so busy, but

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that he stopped a moment from his work to give

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a piece of meat to a poor dog that had

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trotted hopefully into the shop, having evidently translated the name

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Golong over the door into come in, and was asked

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for it with his eyes. And as he rose from

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patting the dog, he saw two children standing before him,

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also asking for something with their eyes. They were poorly

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dressed children, but the girl had a sweet, bright face,

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and the boy was as jolly looking a little fellow

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as you could find anywhere. His cheeks were as round,

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if not as red, as mister Golong's, and his merry

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black eyes actually danced in his head. Now, if there

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was one place in mister Onosander Golong's heart softer than

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the rest, it was the place he kept four children.

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And so when he saw these two looking up in

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his face, the boy with boyish boldness and the girl

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with girlish shyness, he said, in the cheeriest, kindest manner, Well,

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small people, what can I do for you? We would

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like to tell you a story, answered the boy in

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a frank, pleasant voice. Tell me a story, repeated mister

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Golong in a tone of great surprise. Yes, sir, please

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a Christmas story, was the reply. Bless my heart, What

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a queer idea, said mister Golong, and he laughed, a

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silent laugh that half closed his eyes and wrinkled his

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nose in the funniest way. Wouldn't you like to hear, one,

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asked the girl, coaxingly. Of course I would. I'm very

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fond of stories. But I don't see how I can

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spare the time. We're so busy just now and likely

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to be until night, said mister Golong. It's only a

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short one, said the boy. A very short one, added

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the girl. Well go ahead, said the good natured old fellow,

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and he sat down on a barrel of potatoes, and

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his young visitors placed themselves, one on each side of him.

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One Christmas time, the boy began. There was a big

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tenement house in this city, and ten families lived in it.

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And every one of these families set one knew they

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were going to have turkey for their Christmas dinner. They

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knew it's shore the day before Christmas, all set This one,

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the family that wasn't sure the day before Christmas morning,

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lived on the top floor, and it was it was

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missus Todd Neil Tod, Hetty Tod, and Puppy Tod prompted

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the girl. Yes it was them, said the boy, and

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went on with his story again. Missus Todd was Neil's

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and Hetty's mother. They hadn't any father. He died three

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years ago, and Puppy was their dog. Missus Todd is

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one of the best mothers ever lived. And she sews

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button holes on boy's jackets for a big store. And

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Hetty cleans up the house and gets the supper and

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such things. And I I mean Neil runs errands for

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folks when he can get a chance after school. His

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mother wants him to go to school till he's fourteen, anyhow,

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because a boy that has some education can get along

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better than a boy that don't know anything. And this family,

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though they were very poor, had always managed to have

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a turkey dinner till the Christmas I'm telling about. And

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Missus Todd she loved turkey, didn't Hetty and Kneel asked

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mister Golong, closing his eyes and wrinkling his nose again,

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And he hurried away to wait on a stout lady,

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all covered with glittering jet ornaments and bugles. Who must

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have been a very particular customer. She talks so loud

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and so much, didn't Hetty and kneel, he repeated when

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he came back. Oh my, I guess they did, said

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the girl, her eyes sparkling. They'd a been funny fellows

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if they didn't, added the boy. But upon their words

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and honors, they wanted it more for their mother. She's

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such a good mother and has so few good things

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to eat than they did for themselves. And it made

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them feel awful bad when she came home and cried

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cause some wicked thief had stolen her pocket book with

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half a week's earnings in it, and the two dollar

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bill that the boss had given her to buy a

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Christmas dinner with. Besides, and so the boy kneil. He's

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kind of a nice chap, ain't he? Hetty? Awful nice,

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replied Hetty with a mischievous little giggle. And he says

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to his sister, she's awful nice, ain't she? Hetty? Kind

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of nice? Said Hetty with another little giggle. He says

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to his sister, continued the boy, don't say anything to mother,

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but put on your hat and bring a basket, and

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we'll make a try for a merry Christmas dinner, turkey

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and all. And they went round the corner to a

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beautiful market kept by a gentleman who looked exactly like

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Santa Claus. Mister Ona Sander Galong laughed aloud this time

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and flew to wait on another particular customer. So he

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looked like Santa Claus, he said with a chuckle. When

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he sat down on the barrel of potatoes again the

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very image of him, said the girl, with great emphasis.

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The boy began. The boy once more had run errands

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for him two or three times, and each time had

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got two apples or oranges besides the regular pay. And

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he was good to cats and dogs. So this chap

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went to this gentleman. He took his sister along because

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he thought mister Golong would like to see her. And

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they told him their story, and the boy says, when

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it was done, if you would only trust us for

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a turk, I mean a turkey and a few other things,

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I'll work for you all holiday week and another eat

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too after school. My name's Neil Todd, and my mother

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as a real nice woman, and I love her just

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as you used to love your mother when you was

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a little boy, And the gentleman says, he, being as

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its Christmas time, and I look so much like Santa Claus,

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I'll do it. And he did, And that's all mister

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Ona sandiglong burst out a laughing, And oh how he laughed.

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He laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. He

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laughed until he nearly fell off the borel. He laughed

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until everybody far and near who heard him laughed too.

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And the very roosters in the poultry shop over the

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way joined in and crowed with all their might and main,

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and they got the turkey. And of they got the turkey.

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By missus Margaret Etting