large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_05_field_64kb_44
large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_05_field_64kb
English
10939
we cried as we tumbled out o' bed. Then Elvira an' Thankful came in, not more 'n half dressed, and Susan came in, too, an' we just made Rome howl with 'Merry Chris'mas! Merry Chris'mas!' to each other. 'Ef you children don't make less noise in there,' cried father, 'I'll hev to send you all back to bed.' The idea of askin' boys an' girls to keep quiet on Chris'mas mornin' when they've got new sleds an' 'Garlands of Frien'ship'!" WE CRIED AS WE TUMBLED OUT OF BED THEN ELFERIA AND THANKFUL CAME IN NOT MORE AND HALF DRESSED AND SUSAN CAME IN TOO AND WE JUST MADE RAW ALL WITH MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EACH OTHER IF YOU CHILDREN DON'T MAKE LESS NOISE IN THERE CRIED FATHER I'LL HAVE TO SEND YOU ALL BACK TO BED THE IDEA OF ASKING BOYS AND GIRLS TO KEEP QUIET ON CHRISTMAS MORNING WHEN THEY'VE GOT NEW SLED AND GARLAND OF FRIENDSHIP
t any rate," said Joel, "you filled all the stockin's with candy and pop-corn and nuts and raisins, and I can remember you said you were afraid you'd run out of pop-corn balls before you got around. Then you left each of us a book. Elvira got the best one, which was 'The Garland of Frien'ship,' and had poems in it about the bleeding of hearts, and so forth. Father wasn't expectin' anything, but you left him a new pair of mittens, and mother got a new fur boa to wear to meetin'." "Of course," said Santa Claus, "I never forgot father and mother." "Well, it was as much as I could do to lay still," continued Joel, "for I'd been longin' for a sled, an' the sight of that red sled with 'Yankee Doodle' painted on it jest made me wild. But, somehow or other, I began to get powerful sleepy all at once, and I couldn't keep my eyes open. The next thing I knew Otis was nudgin' me in the ribs. 'Git up, Joel,' says he; 'it's Chris'mas an' Santa Claus has been here.' 'Merry Chris'mas! Merry Chris'mas!  GIRLS WHO ARE BAD AND DON'T BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS AT ANY RATE SAID JOE YOU FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS WITH CANDY AND POP CORN AND NUTS AND RAISINS AND I CAN REMEMBER YOU SAID YOU WERE AFRAID YOU RAN OUT OF POP CORN BALLS BEFORE YOU GOT AROUND THEN YOU LEFT EACH OF US A BOOK ELFRED GOT THE BEST ONE WHICH WAS THE GARLAND OF FRIENDSHIP AND HAD POEMS IN IT ABOUT THE PLEADING OF HEARTS AND SO FORTH FATHER WASN'T EXPECTING ANYTHING BUT YOU LEFT HIM A NEW PAIR OF MIDDENS AND MOTHER GOT A NEW FOUR BOY TO WEAR TO MEET IN OF COURSE SANTA CLAUS I NEVER FORGOT FATHER AND MOTHER WELL IT WAS AS MUCH AS I COULD DO TO LIE STILL CONTINUED JOLL FOR I'D BEEN LONGING FOR A SLED AND THE SIDE OF THAT RED SLED WITH YANKEE DOODLE PAINTED ON A CHEST MADE ME WILD BUT SOMEHOW OR OTHER I BEGAN TO GET POWERFUL SLEEPY ALL AT ONCE AND I COULDN'T KEEP MY EYES OPEN THE NEXT THINGS I KNEW OTTERS WAS NUDGING ME IN THE WHIPS GET UP JOIL SAYS HE IT'S CHRISTMAS AND SAYS A CLAUS HAS BEEN HERE MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS
large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_05_field_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_05_field_64kb.flac