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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. 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
he strange, beautiful songs of the Mist-Land. And the flames of old Jans's forge leaped up higher than ever into the Northern sky, carrying the joyous tidings to the Star, and full of music was that happy night. Even in infancy Claus did marvellous things. With his baby hands he wrought into pretty figures the willows that were given him to play with. As he grew older, he fashioned, with the knife old Jans 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, 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.  IN THE FIR GROVE AND CAMPERED ABOUT AND SANG THE STRANGE BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF THE MIST LAND AND THE FLAME OF OLD JOHN'S FORD LEAPED UP HIGHER THAN EVER INTO THE NORTHERN SKY CARRYING THE JOYOUS TIDINGS TO THE STAR AND FULL OF MUSIC WAS THAT HAPPY NIGHT EVEN AN INFANCY CLAUSE DID MARVELLOUS THINGS WITH HIS BABY HANDS HE WROUGHT INTO PRETTY FIGURES THE WILLOWS THAT WERE GIVEN HIM TO PLAY WITH AS HE GREW OLDER HE 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
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