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Show -250- children. "All right everybody. This is the f i r s t present," the older granddaughter said, holding a package above her head. "This is for me." She laughed to shoxr that she xas joking, but she xas more than half serious. The present xas from one of her cousins. She opened i t hurriedly and carelessly, ripping off the ribbons and soft paper, throxring them a s i d e . She opened a small box and examined the contents. "Bath s a l t s ! " she said, holding the box up for a l l to see. "All right, noxr one for your s i s t e r , " her father told her. "The younger daughter received a paclage of scented soap from the same cousin. "She must think we're a d i r t y faminly," the Son-in-law commented to his xrife. "Shush!" she replied. " I t ' s probably xrhat she wanted for herself." "Grandma's next," the older child called. She held up a medium-size package, rectangular in shape. She smiled a t the Professor, because there xas a secret between them. " I t ' s from Grandpa," she said. The Professor's xrife opened it slowly and deliberately. When she finally got inside the box, she exhibited the gift with a cheery, but puzzled, expression. It xas a small electric hand mixer. |