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Then Edith 's papa kissed all the family . It did not take him very long , for he had only Edith and her mamma for a family at that time ; and then he went away . `` Pretty soon after , Edith said : ` Mamma , will you please to let me go next door , and play with Annie , and Mary ? ' '' ` Yes , dear , ' answered her mother ; ` but do not forget to come home at five o'clock to dinner . ' `` Edith promised to come , and then skipped joyfully off -- with her best doll , Miss Polly Dolly Adeline , and two big apples to play ` party ' with , and in a few minutes her mother thought there must be at least twenty children next door , instead of three ; for they were having such a good time that they made noise enough to frighten the crows into fits , if any crows happened that way . -LSB- Illustration : WHO SHOULD COME IN BUT THE FAT COOK , WITH A GREAT GOOSE . -RSB- `` As her mother was sitting at her sewing , some one knocked at the door , and who should come in , but the fat cook , with a great goose , fatter than she was ; who cried out : ` Only see what a big goost , mum ; and only you and Miss Edith to eat it ; besides a beef-steak to brile , and peas and potatoes . ' ''