There wasn't a sign of Father all down the The trams were running as usual, and as I had a penny left out of my pocket money–I hadn't spent it before as it had got stuck in some bulls' eyes–I took the car to the corner then I jumped out and walked. So Iĭetermined to go to meet him, and tell him Would make up medicine myself, so's to saveīurnt my fingers with some nasty stuff in a I looked at all my books and pretended I wasĪ soldier in a lonely fort then I thought I Toffee, and I couldn't find anything else to do. Most stingy over raisins, banged the kitchen Nancy Blake, who kept house for us and was The road that day, for someone sent for him inĭinner, I wished it wasn't Christmas at all. The Herald Angels" at the big church down Woke in the morning, and if I hadn't remembered that when I grew up I was going to beĪ Commander-in-Chief, I should never haveįather couldn't even take me to hear "Hark This worried Fatherĭreadfully, and even Santa Claus was scaredĮve the old fellow quite forgot to fill my Money to give him, and sometimes they ranĪway with their furniture in the night so's Them, 'specially on cold nights when there
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Patients–sometimes the surgery was full of Medicines he made himself behind a screen. Sorts of illnesses with different coloured It on again in no time, and he used to cure all If you cut off the top of your finger, he'd pop Garden must be sorry to be so crowded up,Īnd that this was why it wouldn't grow anything but weedy nasturtiums and eveningįather is a doctor, and most awfully clever. There were trams outside the door, and not aįield to be seen. Until they drove the country away, and now Streets and the roads had grown and grown There had been country all round it, but the Sparrows ate the cherries and the apple treesĭidn't flower. House with an orchard behind it, where the Lived at one end of a big town, in a funny old When I said thisįather gave me a great squeeze and put meĭown, and I tried to be glad that I was aĬhristmas child. Old Naylor, and wish and wish that MotherĬould have stayed with us. Then–and told me things that made me forget When I told Father this he laughed, but a Thought I might have to stay little always. To grow up without proper birthdays, and I Rather frightening, used to ask how I expected Is that you don't get birthday presents, but "The nimble little men flew hither and thither" 254 "The snowy flax flew from under her fingers" 249 "Her friends held up their hands in horror" 242 "Coccode was sitting on a pile of eggs that reached almost up to the ceiling" 239 "Though he had bound her body with chains, he could not fetter her spirit" 234 "Lowered herself from her window by means of a rope of pearls" 224 "He lifted her load to his own shoulders" 222 "She knitted away until her hundredth year" 216 "'Take it all!' he cried, thrusting his bread into her tiny hands" 210 "He entreated the maiden to come down" 205 "A little woman dressed in green pushed me breathlessly aside" 197 "'How now?' cried a reassuring voice" 196 "A little white feather danced above their heads" 189 "He desired his presence at a certain hour" 186 "We sailed down the Rhine in a phantom boat" 185 "She forgot the trap she had laid for us" 179 "He was sitting on the edge of a bookcase" 175 "In the old man's place sat a little Dwarf" 167
"Surely you are thirsty and will drink from my horn?" 157 "'She is yours, O Otnit!' cried the Dwarf" 154 "The flashing blades of the guards cut the empty air" 152 "Elberich perched on the horse's mane" 146 "The Dwarf seated himself on one of the velvet cushions" 145 "His little spouse offered me a sip of nectar" 142 "Fat little things with big blue eyes" 137 "One knock is enough, if we want to hear it" 133 "Stooping down, she kissed my forehead." 132 "They instantly changed into snow-white birds." 129 "Her horse, thrice neighing, changed into a bird" 119 "The Lord of Argouges threw himself on his knees" 114 "Their lovely Queen lost her heart to him" 109 "She asked me to walk with her through the wood" 108 "A small white stone, smooth and round" 100 "Etienne would come and watch her too" 96 "Thus did he avenge the wrongs of his parents" 88 "The jealous lord was furious with rage" 84 "Sitting on the steps were two hideous old women" 67 "They tossed him three times in the air" 63 "He found a knight stretched in agony" 44 "A knight on a magnificent black charger" 39 "The strange-shaped fish who carried lanterns on their heads" 30 "The Fairy Ring was thronged with dancing Elves" 20 "I fancied that I had seen those wee brown men" 11 "We rocked the cradle" Frontispiece Page A Celebration of Women Writers The Fairies and the Christmas Child.
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