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"summary": "\"The Blue and Gold Tea Set\" is a short story about a little girl who celebrates her birthday by hosting a tea party with her brand-new blue-and-gold china. She invites Mother, Father, Grandmother, and her next-door cousin, serving each guest \"Cambric Tea with Ruffles\" — a playful mystery that turns out to be warm milky tea sweetened with tiny spoonfuls of sugar. Father arrives early, the cousin arrives earlier, and animal crackers disappear from blue-and-gold plates as the afternoon fills with warmth and small delights.",
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"“I’m going to have Cambric Tea with Ruffles, in my new cups,” she told each one, and everybody whom she invited was eager to go to the party.",
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"After that, everybody took two Ruffles, and everybody drank two cups of Cambric Tea. The little girl had to go to the kitchen for more hot water and milk.",
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"Whether it did or not, the party was delightful from beginning to end. Everybody thought so and said so. Even when it was over and Grandmother and Mother and Father had gone, the little girl and her cousin had fun, for they washed and wiped the dishes. They enjoyed that as much as they did the party, and they did not so much as nick or crack a single piece of the blue-and-gold china.",
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