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                                     How We Kept Mother’s Day

    Of all the different ideas that have been started lately , I think that
the very best is the notion of celebration once a year “Mother’s Day”.
    We decided to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day. We thought it
a fine idea. It made us realise how much Mother had done for us for years  ,
and all the efforts and sacrifices that she had made for our sake.
    So we decided that we’d make it a great day , a  holiday  for  all  the
family, and do everything we could to make Mothers happy. Father decided  to
take  a holiday, and his office, so as to help  in  celebrating  the  happy.
Father decided to take  a  holiday  from  his  office,  so  as  to  help  in
celebrating the day, and my sister  Ann  and  I  stayed  home  from  collage
classes, and Mary and my brother Will stayed home from High School.
    It was our plan to make it a day just like X-mas or any big  holiday  ,
and so we decided to decorate the house with flowers. We asked Mother to  do
it , because she always does it.
     The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress  in  our  best
for such a big occasion, and so they both got new hats.  Father  had  bought
silk ties for himself and us boys. We were going to get  Mother  a  new  hat
too, but it turned out that she liked her old hat better than a new one.
    After breakfast we decided that we would hire  a  motor  car  and  take
Mother for a beautiful drive away into the country. Mother  is  hardly  ever
able to have a treat like that, because she is  busy  in  the  house  nearly
all the time.
    But on the very morning of the day we changed the plan a little bit. We
all felt that it would be nicer to have a definite purpose.  It  turned  out
that Father had just got a new rod the day before , and he said that  Mother
could use it if she wanted to : in fact , he said  it  was  practically  for
her , only Mother said she would watch him fish than fish herself.
    So we dot  everything  arranged  for  the  trip.  Mother  cut  up  some
sandwiches and packed all up in a basket for us.
    When the car came to the door , it turned out that we couldn’t all  get
in. Father said that he could stay at home and work  in  the  garden.  There
was a lot of dirty work that he could do. He said that he wanted  us  to  be
happy and have a big day. The girls said that Mother had  only  to  say  the
word and they’d gladly stay at home and work.
    In the end it was decided that Mother would stay at  home  and  have  a
lovely restful day round the house. It turned out anyway that Mother  didn’t
care for fishing and also it was just a little bit cold  and  fresh  out-of-
doors, though it was lovely and sunny , and Father was  afraid  that  Mother
might take cold if she came.
    So we all drove away and Mother stood and watched us  as  long  as  she
could see us.
    We gad the loveliest day. Father and the boys fished ,  the  girls  met
quite a lot of people. We all had a splendid time.
    It was quite late when we got back. The dinner was ready. It was grand.
Mother had to get up and down during  the  meal  fetching  things  back  and
forward, but at the end Father noticed it and said she simply mustn’t do  it
, that he wanted her to spare herself.
    When the dinner was over all of us wanted to help clear the  things  up
and wash the dishes, only Mother said that she would really much  rather  do
it.
    It was quite late when it was all over , and when we all kissed  Mother
before going bed, she said it had been the most wonderful day  in  her  life
and I think there were tears in her eyes.
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