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So in less than five minutes Otis was sound asleep and no pinching could wake him up. But _I_ was bound to see Santa Claus and I don't believe anything would've put me to sleep. SO IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES OTIS WAS SOUND ASLEEP AND NO PINCHING COULD WAKE HIM UP BUT I WAS BOUND TO SEE SANTA CLAUS AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WOULD HAVE PUT ME TO SLEEP
tmas. It's been so long since I've had a merry Christmas that I don't believe I'd know how to act if I had one." "Let's see," said Santa Claus, "it must be going on fifty years since I saw you last--yes, you were eight years old the last time I slipped down the chimney of the old homestead and filled your stocking. Do you remember it?" "I remember it well," answered Joel. "I had made up my mind to lie awake and see Santa Claus; I had heard tell of you, but I'd never seen you, and Brother Otis and I concluded we'd lie awake and watch for you to come." Santa Claus shook his head reproachfully. "That was very wrong," said he, "for I'm so scarey that if I'd known you boys were awake I'd never have come down the chimney at all, and then you'd have had no presents." "But Otis couldn't keep awake," explained Joel. "We talked about everythin' we could think of, till father called out to us that if we didn't stop talking he'd have to send one of us up into the attic to sleep with the hired man. T I DON'T BELIEVE IT GOING TO BE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE I KNOW HOW TO ACT IF I HAD ONE LET'S SEE SAID SANTA CLAUS IT MUST BE GOING ON FIFTY YEARS SINCE I SAW YOU LAST YES YOU WERE EIGHT YEARS OLD THE LAST TIME I SLIPPED ON THE CHIMNEY OF THE OLD HOMESTEAD AND FILLED YOUR STOCKING DO YOU REMEMBER IT I REMEMBER IT WELL ANSWERED JOE I HAD MADE UP MY MIND TO LIE AWAKE AND SEE SANTA CLAUS I HAD HEARD TELL OF YOU BUT I NEVER SEEN YOU AND BROTHER OTIS AND I CONCLUDED WE'D LIE AWAKE AND WATCH FOR YOU TO COME SA CLAUS SHOOK HIS HEAD REPROACHFULLY THAT WAS VERY WRONG SAID HE FOR I'M SO SCARED THAT IF I KNOWN YOU BOYS WERE AWAKE I'D NEVER HAVE COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY AT ALL AND THEN YOU'D HAVE HAD NO PRESENTS BUT OTTS COULDN'T KEEP AWAKE EXPLAINED JOE WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING WE COULD THINK OF UNTIL FATHER CALLED OUT TO US THAT IF WE DIDN'T STOP TALKING HE'D HAVE TO SEND ONE OF US UP INTO THE ATTIC TO SLEEP WITH THE HIRED MAN
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