`` I helped make the pies with my pumpkin , '' called out Robby , with a laugh which he stopped by retiring into his mug . `` I picked some of the apples that the cider is made of , '' said Demi . `` I raked the cranberries for the sauce , '' cried Nat . `` I got the nuts , '' added Dan , and so it went on all round the table . `` Who made up Thanksgiving ? '' asked Rob , for being lately promoted to jacket and trousers he felt a new and manly interest in the institutions of his country . `` See who can answer that question , '' and Mr. Bhaer nodded to one or two of his best history boys . `` I know , '' said Demi , `` the Pilgrims made it . '' `` What for ? '' asked Rob , without waiting to learn who the Pilgrims were . `` I forget , '' and Demi subsided . `` I believe it was because they were starved once , and so when they had a good harvest , they said , ` We will thank God for it , ' and they had a day and called it Thanksgiving , '' said Dan , who liked the story of the brave men who suffered so nobly for their faith . `` Good ! I did n't think you would remember any thing but natural history , '' and Mr. Bhaer tapped gently on the table as applause for his pupil . Dan looked pleased ; and Mrs. Jo said to her son , `` Now do you understand about it , Robby ? '' `` No , I do n't . I thought pil-grins were a sort of big bird that lived on rocks , and I saw pictures of them in Demi 's book . '' `` He means penguins . Oh , is n't he a little goosey ! '' and Demi laid back in his chair and laughed aloud .
`` Do n't laugh at him , but tell him all about it if you can , '' said Mrs. Bhaer , consoling Rob with more cranberry sauce for the general smile that went round the XXXXX at his mistake .
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