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"I want mine first!" demanded Peaches.
"Sure! You'll get it first! Always! But I'm going to do something for you
before I make it, 'cause I won't know how it goes 'til afterward. See?"
"What you going to do?" she questioned. "What's all the bundles? My they
look excitements!"
"And so they are!" triumphed Mickey. "Where are all the folks? Do they
leave you alone like this?"
"No, they don't leave me alone only when I'm asleep in the room," said
Peaches. "They saw you coming an' went away 'cause they know families
likes to be alone, sometimes. Ain't they smart to know that?"
"They are!" said Mickey. "First, you come to your bed a little while. I
got something for you."
"Ooh Mickey! Those bundles jus' look----!"
"Now you hold on. You wait and see, Miss!"
Mickey carried her in then he returned for the boxes. He opened one and
from it selected a pair of pink stockings and slipped them on Peaches;
then tiny, soft buckskin moccasins embroidered and tied with ribbons to
match the hose.
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