A Mystery in the Kitchen
Sleep Tight Stories - Bedtime Stories for Kids
Sleep Tight Media
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This coming week is Thanksgiving for us in Canada, so I am sharing a Thanksgiving story |
| 0:27.8 | with you. The weather is getting cooler here and fall has certainly arrived. |
| 0:36.4 | Apples are ready for picking and there are pumpkins everywhere. |
| 0:44.1 | I hope if you are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend that you have a wonderful day with your |
| 0:49.9 | family. This story is about a boy who has gone away to find work and make his way. |
| 1:02.9 | Jack's sister Jesse has found out where he is and she is sending him a Thanksgiving box. |
| 1:10.8 | All the treats she is making will be put into the box in hopes of encouraging him to come home. |
| 1:20.8 | Let's see what will happen. |
| 1:25.3 | A mystery in the kitchen. |
| 1:31.7 | Something very mysterious was going on in the Jarvis kitchen. |
| 1:39.7 | The table was covered with all sorts of good things, eggs and butter and raisins and fruits and spices. |
| 1:51.5 | And Jesse with her sleeves rolled up and a white apron on was bustling about, measuring and weighing |
| 2:00.8 | and chopping and beating and mixing those various ingredients in a most bewildering way. |
| 2:10.3 | Moreover, though she was evidently working for dear life, her face was full of smiles. |
| 2:18.9 | In fact, she seemed to have trouble to keep from laughing outright. |
| 2:25.2 | While Betty the cook, who was washing potatoes at the sink, fairly giggled with glee. |
| 2:33.5 | Every few minutes as if the sight of Miss Jesse working in the kitchen was the funniest thing in the world. |
| 2:44.9 | It was one of the most pleasant sights that big sunny kitchen had seen for many a day. |
| 2:52.4 | And the only thing that appeared mysterious about it was that the two workers act strangely like |
| 2:59.4 | conspirators. If they laughed, as they did often, it was very soft and at once smothered. |
| 3:10.3 | Jesse went often to the door leading into the hall and listened. |
| 3:15.3 | And if there came a knock on the floor, she snatched off her apron, hastily wiped her hands, |
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