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Aunt Kate was serene through it all , and told them how fond their Uncle Bill had been of that same pea-vine pattern . Pearl saw at once that there was going to be a family jar , and so saved the situation by getting Martha Perkins to make wide silk ties for the two boys , wide enough to hide the ramifications of the pea-vine -- and then to avoid the uncomfortable questioning of Aunt Kate , she hid her glasses on the evening of June the thirtieth . `` Anyway , '' Pearl said to herself , `` she might get them broke on a big day like the ` First , ' and she can see plenty without them , so she can . '' The ` morning of July the first broke clear and sparkling , and before six o'clock the whole Watson family were stirring . Out in the garden the four little boys were pulling radishes and tying them into bunches . Mary , her hair done in many tight little pigtails , was doing a flourishing business ' in lettuce . Jimmy was at the head of the green onion department .