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"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." 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
 said Santa Claus, "a toddling little boy with blue eyes--" "Like his mother," interrupted Joel; "an' he _was_ like her, too--so gentle an' lovin', only we called him Joel, for that was my father's name and it kind o' run in the fam'ly. He wa'n't more'n three years old when you came with your Chris'mas presents for him, Santa Claus. We had told him about you, and he used to go to the chimney every night and make a little prayer about what he 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. Y ONCE WHEN OUR LITTLE ONE MARTY'S AND MINE YOU REMEMBER HIM SANTA CLAUS YES A TALL DIN LITTLE BOY WITH BLUE EYES LIKE HIS MOTHER INTERRUPTED JOLL AND WHO WAS LIKE HER TOO SO GENTLE AND LOVING ONLY WE CALLED HIM JOEL FOR THAT WAS MY FATHER'S NAME AND IT KIND OF RUN IN THE FAMILY I WASN'T MORE THREE YEARS OLD WHEN YOU CAME WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR HIM SANTA CLAUS WE HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT 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
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