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TEXT. HOW WE KEPT MOTHER'S DAY by Stephen LeacockSo we decided to have a special celebration of Mother's Day. We thought it a fine idea. It made us all realize how much Mother had done for us for years, and all the efforts and sacrifice that she had made for our sake.We decided that we'd make it a great day, a holiday for all the family, and do everything we could to make Mother happy. Father decided to take a holiday from his office, so as to help in celebrating the day, and my sister Anne and I stayed home from college classes, and Mary and my brother Will stayed home from High School.It was our plan to make it a day just like Xmas or any big holiday, and so we decided to decorate the house with flowers and with mottoes over the mantelpieces, and all that kind of thing. We got Mother to make mottoes and arrange the decorations, because she always does it at Xmas.The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in our very best for such a big occasion and so they both got new hats. Mother trimmed both the hats, and they looked fine, and Father had bought silk ties for himself and us boys as a souvenir of the day to remember Mother by. We were going to get Mother a new hat too, but it turned out that she seemed to really like her old grey bonnet better than a new one, and both the girls said that it was awfully becoming to her.Well, after breakfast we had it arranged as a surprise for Mother that we would hire a motor car and take her for a beautiful drive away into the country. Mother is hardly ever able to have a treat like that, because we can only afford to keep one maid, and so Mother is busy in the house nearly all the time.But on the very morning of the day we changed the plan a little bit, because it occurred to Father that a thing it would be better to do even than to take Mother for a motor drive would be to take her fishing; if you are going to fish, there is a definite purpose in front of you to heighten the enjoyment.So we all felt that it would be nicer for Mother to have a definite purpose; and anyway, it turned out that Father had just got a new rod the day before.So we got everything arranged for the trip, and we got Mother to cut up some sandwiches and make up a sort of lunch in case we got hungry, though of course we were to come back home again to a big dinner in the middle of the day, just like Xmas or New Year's Day. Mother packed it all up in a basket for us ready to go in the motor.Well, when the car came to the door, it turned out that there hardly seemed as much room in it as we had supposed.Father said not to mind him, he said that he could just as well stay home; and that he was sure that he could put in the time working in the garden; he said that we were not to let the fact of his not having had a real holiday for three years stand in our way; he wanted us to go right ahead and be happy and have a big day.Но, конечно, мы все чувствовали, что он никогда не будет делать, чтобы остаться дома, отец, особенно, как мы знали, что он будет делать неприятности, если он сделал. Две девочки, Анна и Мария, остался бы с удовольствием и помог получить обед горничная, только казалось таким жаль, на прекрасный день, как это, имея их новой шляпы. Но они оба сказали, что мать была только для того сказать слово, и они с удовольствием бы остаться дома и работы. Будет и я бы упал, хижина к сожалению мы не были любое использование в получении на ужин.Так в конце концов было решено, что мать будет оставаться дома и просто прекрасный спокойный день вокруг дома и получить обед. Оказалось, все равно что мать не заботится для рыбалки, а также было просто немного холодно и свежий из двери, хотя он был прекрасный и солнечный, и отец скорее боялся, что мать может принять холодный если она пришла.Поэтому все мы уехали с три ура для матери, и отца помахал руку к ней каждые несколько минут, пока он ударил его руку на задней стороне автомобиля, а затем сказал, что он не думает, что мать могли видеть нас больше.««Ну, — мы имели красивых день среди холмов, которые вы возможно могли себе представить.It was quite late when we got back, nearly seven o'clock in the evening, but Mother had guessed that we would be late, so she had kept back the dinner so as to have it just nicely ready and hot for us. Only first she had to get towels and soap for Father and clean things for him to put on, because he always gets so messed up with fishing, and that kept Mother busy for a little while, that and helping the girls get ready.But at last everything was ready, and we sat down to the grandest kind of dinner — roast turkey and all sorts of things like on Xmas Day. Mother had to get up and down a good bit during the meal fetching things back and forward.The dinner lasted a long while, and was great fun, and when it was over all of us wanted to help clear the things up and wash the dishes, only Mother said that she would really much rather do it, and so we let her, because we wanted just for once to humour her.It was quite late, when it was all over, and when we all kissed Mother before going to bed, she said it had been the most wonderful day in her life, and I think there were tears in her eyes. So we all felt awfully repaid for all that we had done.
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