Jane, to her horror, slept in next morning, and when she rushed downstairs she saw an extraordinary sight. dad coming over from the Jimmy Johns' with a rocking-chair on his head. He also had a gridiron in his hand.
-"Had to borrow one to broil the codfish on, Jane. And Mrs Jimmy John made me take the chair. She said it belonged to Aunt Matilda Jollie and they had more rocking-chairs than they had time to sit in. I made the porridge and it's up to you to broil the codfish."
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