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"True," groaned Joel; "but how may I know and feel this gladness when I have no little stocking hanging in my chimney corner  no child to please me with his prattle? See, I am alone." TRUE BUT HOW MAY I KNOW AND FEEL THIS GLADNESS WHEN I HAVE NO LITTLE STOCKING HANGING IN MY CHIMNEY CORNER NO CHILD TO PLEASE ME WITH HIS PRATTLE SEE I AM ALONE
e wanted you to bring him. And you brought 'em, too--a stick-horse, an' a picture-book, an' some blocks, an' a drum--they're on the shelf in the closet there, and his little Chris'mas stockin' with 'em--I've saved 'em all, an' I've taken 'em down an' held 'em in my hands, oh, so many times!" "But when I came again," said Santa Claus-- "His little bed was empty, an' I was alone. It killed his mother--Marthy was so tender-hearted; she kind o' drooped an' pined after that. So now they've been asleep side by side in the buryin'-ground these thirty years. "That's why I'm so sad-like whenever Chris'mas comes," said Joel, after a pause. "The thinkin' of long ago makes me bitter almost. It's so different now from what it used to be." "No, Joel, oh, no," said Santa Claus. "'Tis the same world, and human nature is the same and always will be. But Christmas is for the little folks, and you, who are old and grizzled now, must know it and love it only through the gladness it brings the little ones. YOU AND HE USED TO GO TO THE CHIMNEY EVERY NIGHT AND MAKE A LITTLE PRAYER ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED TO YOU TO BRING HIM AND YOU BROUGHT THEM A STICK HORSE AND A PICTURE BOOK AND SOME BLOCKS AND A DRUM THEY ARE ON THE SELF IN THE CLOSET THERE AND HIS LITTLE CHRISTMAS DOCKING WITH THEM I'VE SAVED THEM ALL AND I'VE TAKEN THEM DOWN AND HELD THEM IN MY HANDS SO MANY TIMES BUT WHEN I CAME AGAIN SAID SANTA CLAUS HIS LITTLE BED WAS EMPTY AND I WAS ALONE IT KILLED HIS MOTHER MARTHY WAS SO TENDER HEARTED SHE KIND O DROP IN PINE AFTER THAT SO NOW THEY'VE BEEN SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE IN THE BREE GROUND THESE THIRTY YEARS THAT'S WHY I'M SO SAID LIKE WHENEVER CHRISTMAS COMES SAID JOEL AFTER A PAUSE THE THINKING OF LONG AGO MAKES ME BITTER ALMOST IT'S SO DIFFERENT NOW FOR WHAT IT USED TO BE NO JO'S THE SAME WORLD AND HUMAN NATURE IS THE SAME AND ALWAYS WOULD BE BUT CHRISTMAS IS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS AND YOU WHO ARE OLD AND GRIZZLED NOW MUST KNOW IT AND LOVE IT ONLY THROUGH THE GLADNESS IT BRINGS THE LITTLE ONES
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