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1921 novel. ""Brother, " said Mother Morrison, "you haven't touched your glass of milk. Hurry now, and drink it before we leave the table. "Brother's big brown eyes turned from his knife, which he had been playing was a bridge from the salt cellar to the egg cup, toward the tumbler of milk standing beside his plate. "I don't have to drink milk this morning, Mother, " he assured her confidently. "Honestly I don't. It's raining so hard that we can't go outdoors and grow, anyway. " Louise, his older sister, said sharply. "Don't be silly! " but Ralph, who was in a hurry to catch his train, stopped long enough to give a word of advice."Download Description
Brother was willing to be surprised, because Wednesday wasn't so long to wait. Still he thought he would like to know what Ralph's present was. Ralph was his dearest brother, and he had a happy knack of always giving Brother and Sister exactly what they wanted. Louise and Grace were apt to make them presents which were useful, like pretty socks and hair-ribbons for Sister, and gloves and handkerchiefs for Brother, but Ralph never did anything like that. ... Read more