Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 242
OP 229 THE BROWNIES IN THE TOY-SHOP By Palmer Cox. As SHADES of evening settled down,The Brownies rambled through the town,To pry at this, to pause at that,By something else to hold a chat,And in their free and easy veinExpress themselves in language plain.At length before a store, their eyesWere… … «##iiWi What wonders must the shelves contain ! Another said, It must be here Old Santa Claus comes every year To gather up his large supply, When Christmas Eve is drawing nigh, That children through the land may find They still are treasured in his mind. A third remarked, Ere long, he may Again…
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