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Show 1 0 FULL CIRCLE I ! Year after year on our Christmas tree hung Q J Homemade elves and popcorn carefully J r; jj strung; j ;i When my fledgling and wordly "knowing" J ' cnspired Q It was time aging elves should be retired! iX Eagerly I stuffed those limb-weary elves i 4 Into boxes and shoved them way back on the - H shelves! 3 4 At last I could decorate, just to suit me jfj rj A glamorous, shimmering, "grown-up" tree! 4 j' jj Trimmed with satiny balls of silver and gold. Hi 5 jJ Why was it my tree looked barren and cold? iX '' If e Sere -c1 Christmas around the old H J3 hearth, b j But somehow the flames lacked their usual 42 : 13 warmth. -rs -'52 a-v 42 . g - 42 Then thanks to a grandchild's wondrous jfj i belief, g 1' Sj Dusty boxes came forth with a sense of relief; 4 ; 42 As tiny fingers were touching a soft, warm 2 elf g ; S Once again I felt "in touch" ; t2 with myself. 2 S By Maxine Croft Shreve 111 : ? s 2 i |