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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. 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
if I could hear you laughin' and callin', jist as you did as I toiled up the old New England hill that Chris'mas mornin'--a-callin': 'Joel, Joel, Joel--ain't ye ever comin', Joel?' But the hill is long and steep, Marthy, an' Joel ain't the boy he used to be; he's old, an' gray, an' feeble, but there's love an' faith in his heart, an' they kind o' keep him totterin' tow'rd the voice he hears a-callin': 'Joel, Joel, Joel!'" "I know--I see it all," murmured Santa Claus very softly. "Oh, that was so long ago," sighed Joel; "so very long ago! And I've had no Chris'mas since--only once, when our little one--Marthy's an' mine--you remember him, Santa Claus?" "Yes," 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. LOWING IN THE WIND YOUR EYES ALL BRIGHT AND SPARKLING AND YOUR CHEEKS AS RED AS APPLES SEEMS TO AS IF I COULD HEAR YOU LOVING AND CALLING JUST AS YOU DID AS I TOLD UP THAT OLD NEW ENGLAND HILL THAT CHRISTMAS MORNING A CALLING JOY JOY JOY AIN'T YE EVER COMING JOYLE BUT THE HILL IS LONG AND STEEP MARTHY AND JOYLE AND THE BOY HE USED TO BE HE'S OLD AND GRAY AND FEEBLE BUT THERE'S LOVE AND FAITH IN HIS HEART AND THEY KIND OF KEEP HIM TOTTERING TOWARD THE VOICE HE HEARS A CALLING JOY JOY JOY I KNOW SEE IT ALL MURMURED SANTA CLAUS VERY SOFTLY OH THAT WAS SO LONG AGO SIGHED JO SO VERY LONG AGO AND I'VE HAD NO CHRISTMAS SINCE ONLY 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
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