Don't Be Such a Turkey! by Nancy Krulik

Author:Nancy Krulik
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2010-07-21T04:00:00+00:00

“Um, have you ever done this before?” one of the kids said.

“This is kind of boring, anyway. Let’s leave,” one of the other girls whispered to her friends, loud enough for Katie to hear.

Katie frowned. She was trying her best. Why couldn’t these kids give her a break?

As soon as the girls left the cottage, the woman playing Patience’s mother said, “What is the matter with you?”

Katie scratched at her legs. The wool stockings she was wearing made her itch.

And she was starting to feel really uncomfortable. Who wouldn’t? Under her thick waistcoat, Katie was wearing a longsleeved blouse and a very thick, tight stay. The stay was like an undershirt, except it was really, really stiff and uncomfortable. It felt like there was a wooden board sewn into it or something.

Katie was tired of being a Pilgrim doll maker. She needed a break.

“Patience, why are you not working?” the woman asked her.

Katie didn’t know what to say. She couldn’t tell the woman that she had to get out of there before any more kids came and wanted her to make another doll. But she did have to get out of there.

“I . . . um . . . I have to use the change pot,” Katie said finally.

“The what?” the woman asked.

“The change pot,” Katie repeated. “You know, I have to go.”

“Oh, the chamber pot,” Patience’s mother corrected her.

Katie frowned. This Pilgrim-speak was hard.

“Well, go then,” the woman said. “And pray, be fast. We shall have more visitors within the hour.”

“Yes, ma’am,” Katie said. She ran out the door.

“Aren’t you going to say ‘Pray, remember me?’” Patience’s mother called after her.

But Katie was already out of there.

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