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Updated: May 22, 2025
One day after school Demi whispered to his sister, with an ominous wag of the head, "The Kitty-mouse wants us this afternoon." "What for?" asked Daisy, anxiously. "A sackerryfice," answered Demi, solemnly. "There must be a fire behind the big rock at two o'clock, and we must all bring the things we like best, and burn them!" he added, with an awful emphasis on the last words. "Oh, dear!
"A sackerryfice means to give up what you are fond of, so we must," explained Demi, to whom the new idea had been suggested by hearing Uncle Fritz describe the customs of the Greeks to the big boys who were reading about them in school. "Is Rob coming too," asked Daisy. "Yes, and he is going to bring his toy village; it is all made of wood, you know, and will burn nicely.
"We never will again, truly, truly!" cried the repentant little sinners, much abashed at this reproof. "Demi told us to," said Rob. "Well, I heard Uncle tell about the Greece people, who had altars and things, and so I wanted to be like them, only I hadn't any live creatures to sackerryfice, so we burnt up our toys." "Dear me, that is something like the bean story," said Aunt Jo, laughing again.
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