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his grandfather said it did him good
to see him eat; for the dear old man
loved to see little children happy.
And May had a slice too, and she
liked it very much, though she did
not pick out all the plums to eat first
as Johnny did, nor make quite such
large eyes over it.

This was not a cake of the grand-
mother’s making, though sometimes
she did make very nice ones when
she happened to have the flour and
the plums, and all the goodies to put
in. . It was a piece of one that ’a
neighbour had brought the evening
before, when she came in to have a
cup of tea,and cheer up the old people
after their upset; and grandfather