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When night came, old Jans told him the quaint legends of the North, and his mother sang to him the lullabies she had heard when a little child herself in the far distant East. WHEN NIGHT CAME OLD JOHNS TOLD HIM THE QUIET LEGIONS OF THE NORTH AND HIS MOTHER SANG TO HIM THE LITTLE ABYSS HE HAD HEARD WHEN A LITTLE CHILD HERSELF IN THE FAR DISTANT EAST
 for him, many curious toys,--carts, horses, dogs, lambs, houses, trees, cats, and birds, all of wood and very like to nature. His mother taught him how to make dolls too,--dolls of every kind, condition, temper, and color; proud dolls, homely dolls, boy dolls, lady dolls, wax dolls, rubber dolls, paper dolls, worsted dolls, rag dolls,--dolls of every description and without end. So Claus became at once quite as popular with the little girls as with the little boys of his native village; for he was so generous that he gave away all these pretty things as fast as he made them. Claus seemed to know by instinct every language. As he grew older he would ramble off into the woods and talk with the trees, the rocks, and the beasts of the greenwood; or he would sit on the cliffs overlooking the fiord, and listen to the stories that the waves of the sea loved to tell him; then, too, he knew the haunts of the elves and the stille-volk, and many a pretty tale he learned from these little people. FASHIONED WITH KNIFE OLD JOHNS HAD MADE FOR HIM MANY CURIOUS TOYS CARTS HORSES DOGS LAMBS HOUSES TREES CATS AND BIRDS ALL OF WOOD AND VERY LIKE TO NATURE HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM HOW TO MAKE DOLLS TOO DOLLS OF EVERY KIND CONDITION TEMPER AND COLOR PROUD DOLLS HOMELY DOLLS BOY DOLLS LADY DOLLS WAX DOLLS RUBBLE DOLLS PAPER DOLLS WORTS DOLLS RAG DOLLS DOLLS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AND WITHOUT END SO KLAUS BECAME AT ONCE QUITE AS POPULAR WITH THE LITTLE GIRL AS WITH THE LITTLE BOYS OF HIS NATIVE VILLAGE FOR HE WAS SO GENEROUS THAT HE GAVE AWAY ALL THESE PRETTY THINGS AS FAST AS HE MADE THEM KLOW SEEMED TO KNOW BY INSTINCT EVERY LANGUAGE AS HE GREW OLDER HE WOULD RAMBLE OFF INTO THE WOODS AND TALK WITH THE TREES THE ROCKS AND THE BEASTS OF THE GREEN WOOD OR HE WOULD SIT ON THE CLIFFS OVERLOOKING THE FIELD AND LISTEN TO THE STORIES THAT THE WAVES OF THE SEA LOVED TO TELL HIM THEN TOO HE KNEW THAT THE HOUNDS OF THE ALPHAS AND THE STYLE FOLK AND MANY A PRETTY TALE HE LEARNED FROM THESE LITTLE PEOPLE
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