Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 100
us house. And he, as he threw off his jacket,Cried, Wife! did you hear the squeak of amouse ? For the children were friglitencd, and could notkeep still : Ho ! ho ! Mrs. Santa. look here, if you will!Heres a new-fashioned Christmas packet! So Santa Claus wife put her spectacles on.And came and… … We wanted to see where you live, Santa Claus!To thank you, and bring you a present;But we could not find anything, sir, because— Why, youve brought me yourselves, dears, andnow }-ou must stay.And make Mrs. Santa Claus merry and gay;No home without children is pleasant.
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