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`` Yes , and bring your mothers with you , to help , '' said Mrs. Talmage . As everyone felt eager to get the thousand copies wrapped and mailed , the children soon said good-by and went home to tell the great news of the day 's work . Before nine o'clock that night the magazines had all been wrapped , ready for Ike to take to the post-office . The children were just as eager to continue the work , but Mrs. Talmage said that nine o'clock was time to go home . `` We 'll all be here Monday afternoon to help some more , Mrs. Talmage , '' promised the Blue Birds as they skipped away beside their mothers . It took the Bobolinks all of that week , working every moment after school , and many of the evening hours , to finish the rest of the magazines . Everyone had decided that ten thousand would be enough for the first issue , for it took so long to wrap each copy that no extra time could be given to printing .