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hear Atah and Grandpa dishing the rabbit feed. She could also
hear Louie's saw going "sh-sh-sh."
"Let me in," Lara said to the door.
Louie's voice answered. "Go away, Lara. You can't come in
here now."
Lara tried again. "Why?" she hollered as she pounded her
mittened hand on the closed door, but this time no voice answered
her.
This upset Lara. She ran back into the kitchen to tell on them.
"Well," said Mommy, "maybe there's a secret happening in
there, and it's too close to Christmas for little girls to find out
what it is."
"Secret," repeated Lara with a puzzled face now turning sour.
Daddy had been sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper.
He looked at Lara and said, "Lara, you and I will have
our own secret. You go play outside until I put on my galoshes
and coat, and I'll be right with you."
As Lara turned to leave the house, Louie came rushing through
the back door and called to Lara's mommy. "Sis, do you have a
small mirror and a few empty wooden spools that I may have?"
Mommy went to find them, and Lara went outside to wait for
Daddy. Lara thought that maybe Daddy would take her for a
ride on her sled, but Daddy had something else in mind.
When he arrived he took Lara's mittened hand in his gloved
one, and they started walking down the street. Daddy said, "We
need to buy Mommy a Christmas present. Let's go to the dime
store and see what we can find. This will be our secret."
The dime store was the family's favorite place to shop. It had
just about everything including chocolate bars. Daddy and Lara
both loved chocolate bars, and Daddy bought one to share while
they walked around and looked at everything.
They came to the counter where dishes were sold. On the
counter were candy dishes, large bowls, and cups and saucers.
Daddy and Lara both saw the special dish at the same time. It
was a green glass butter dish. Mommy didn't have a butter dish.
"How much is this?" Daddy asked the saleslady.
"That will be twenty-five cents, please," she answered.
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Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A. Texas Family Secrets, book, 1997; Sherman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20209/m1/48/?rotate=270: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin College.