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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 87

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me the giant. 592 FOR VERY LITTLE FOLK. [May, CHRISTMAS EVE. By Lucy G. Morse. Mam-ma was put-ting Gre-ta and Mi-mi to bed the night be-foreChrist-mas; and she told them this story : Af-ter the chil-dren are fasta-sleep, the good Sant-a Klaus climbs down the chim-neys with his greatbag of toys.… … an-gry when they are o-pen, or if cross words are apt to come out ofthe mouths. He will look at my Gre-ta to-night, and will say: Thereare no marks of tears on her cheeks ; her mouth is sweet and ros-y,— Iam sure it has been a smil-ing, hap-py mouth all day. Her hands arefold-ed, but they are bu-sy…

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