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The five little Peppers are an adorable family of children growing up in a small town and cared for by their widowed mother. She is so poor that the pittance she earns as the town seamstress fails to support or even sustain the family.The children are happy despite privation, and the smallest pleasures cause delight and merriment in the little house. Everything happens to this brood while mother is away sewing, and no matter how dangerous the situation, they come out of it safe and smiling.Later on in the story, when the oldest girl faces a real chance to be adopted as a member of a rich family, she chooses to return to her poor old home.

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And so, the minute her mother had departed for the minister’s house next morning, and Ben had gone to his day’s work, chopping wood for Deacon Blodgett, Polly assembled her force around the old stove, and proceeded to business. She and the children had been up betimes that morning to get through with the work; and now, as they glanced around with a look of pride on the neatly swept floor, the dishes all done, and everything in order, the moment their mother’s back was turned they began to implore Polly to hurry and begin. “It’s most ‘leven o’clock,” said Joel, who, having no work to do outside, that day, was prancing around, wild to help along the festivities; “it’s most ‘leven o’clock, Polly Pepper! you won’t have it done.” “Oh, no; ‘tisn’t either, Joe;” said Polly, with a very flushed face, and her arms full of kindlings, glancing up at the old clock as she spoke; “tisn’t but quarter of nine; there, take care, Phronsie! you can’t lift off the cover; do help her, Davie.” “No; let me!” cried Joel, springing forward; “it’s my turn; Dave got the shingles; it’s my turn, Polly.” “So ‘tis,” said Polly; “I forgot; there,” as she flung in the wood, and poked it all up in a nice little heap coaxingly. “It can’t help but burn; what a cake we’ll have for mamsie!” “It’ll be so big,” cried Phronsie, hopping around on one set of toes, “that mamsie won’t know what to do, will she, Polly?” “No, I don’t believe she will,” said Polly, gayly, stuffing in more wood; “Oh, dear! there goes Ben’s putty; it’s all come out!” “So it has,” said Joel, going around back of the stove to explore; and then he added cheerfully, “it’s bigger’n ever; oh! it’s an awful big hole, Polly!” “Now, whatever shall we do!” said Polly, in great distress; “that hateful old crack! and Ben’s clear off to Deacon Blodgett’s!” “I’ll run and get him,” cried Joel, briskly; “I’ll bring him right home in ten minutes.” “Oh, no, you must not, Joe,” cried Polly in alarm; “it wouldn’t ever be right to take him off from his work; mamsie wouldn’t like it.” “What will you do, then?” asked Joel, pausing on his way to the door. “I’m sure I don’t know,” said Polly, getting down on her knees to examine the crack; “I shall have to stuff it with paper, I s’pose.” “‘Twon’t stay in,” said Joel, scornfully; “don’t you know you stuffed it before, last week?” “I know,” said Polly, with a small sigh; and sitting down on the floor, she remained quite still for a minute, with her two black hands thrust out straight before her. “Can’t you fix it?” asked Davie, soberly, coming up; “then we can’t have the cake.” “Dear me!” exclaimed Polly, springing up quickly; “don’t be afraid; we’re going to have that cake! There, you ugly old thing, you!” (this to the stove) “see what you’ve done!” as two big tears flew out of Phronsie’s brown eyes at the direful prospect; and the sorrowful faces of the two boys looked up into Polly’s own, for comfort. “I can fix it, I most know; do get some paper, Joe, as quick as you can.” “Don’t know where there is any,” said Joel, rummaging around; “it’s all tore up; ‘xcept the almanac; can’t I take that?” “Oh dear, no!” cried Polly; “put it right back, Joe; I guess there’s some in the wood-shed.” “There isn’t either,” said little Davie, quickly; “Joel and I took it to make kites with.” “Oh dear,” groaned Polly; “I don’t know what we shall do; unless,” as a bright thought struck her, “you let me have the kites, boys.” “Can’t,” said Joel; “they’re all flew away; and torn up.” “Well, now, children,” said Polly, turning round impressively upon them, the effect of which was heightened by the extremely crocky appearance she had gained in her explorations, “we must have some paper, or something to stop up that old hole with—some way, there!”

Margaret Sidney was an American author best known for writing the classic Five Little Peppers series. Sidney wrote a total of twelve books on the lives of the five children born into poverty in a little brown house. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is the first novel in the series. The book details how the Pepper family struggles to survive after the death of their father.

Mrs. Pepper, a widow, and her five children lived in a plain little brown house where she struggled to feed and clothe her lively brood. The family had little in the way of luxury and hardly any of the things that many of us today take for granted, But they had such fun and good times together and loved one another so dearly that when a very rich little boy discovered the warmth and happiness that flooded the little brown house he felt himself lucky to be in it. And as it turned out, his coming brought luck to the Five Little Peppers too.

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