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Right joyous now was Claus; and many, many times the Northern sky glowed with the flames that danced singing from the forge while Claus moulded his pretty toys. RYEJEAS NOW WAS CLOSE AND MANY MANY TIMES THE NORTHERN SKY GLOWED WITH THE FLAMES THAT DAWN SINGING FROM THE FORDS WHILE KLAUS MOULDED HIS PRETTY TOYS
e 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. 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. And every night his mother held out to him the symbol in the similitude of the cross, and bade him kiss it ere he went to sleep. So Claus grew to manhood, increasing each day in knowledge and in wisdom. His works increased too; and his liberality dispensed everywhere the beauteous things which his fancy conceived and his skill executed. Jans, being now a very old man, and having no son of his own, gave to Claus his forge and workshop, and taught him those secret arts which he in youth had learned from cunning masters. 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 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 AND EVERY NIGHT HIS MOTHER HELD OUT TO HIM THE SYMBOL AND THE SIMILITUDE OF THE CROSS AND BADE HIM KISS IT ERE HE WENT TO SLEEP SO KLAUS GREW TO MANHOOD INCREASING EACH DAY IN KNOWLEDGE AND IN WISDOM HIS WORKS INCREASED TOO AND HIS LIBERALITY DISPENDS EVERYWHERE TO BEAUTEOUS THINGS WHICH HIS FANCY CONCEIVE AND HIS SKILL EXECUTED JOHNS BEING NOW A VERY OLD MAN AND HAVING NO SON OF HIS OWN GAVE TO CLOSE HIS FORGE AND WORKSHOP AND TAUGHT HIM THOSE SECRET ARTS WHICH HE IN YOUTH HAD LEARNED FROM CUNNING MASTERS
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