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Show Rhyme & Reason TuI Circle Tear after year on our Christmas tree hung Jiomemade elves and popcorn carefully strumj; When my fledgling and worldly "knowing" conspired It was time aging elves should be retired! q Tagerby 1 stuffed ifwse limb-weary elves Into boxes and shoved them way back on the shelves! !At last I could decorate, just to suit me d glamorous, shimmering, "grown-up" tree! 'Trimmed with satiny balls of silver and gold, Why was it my tree looked barren and cold? IVe gathered each Christmas around the old hearth, 'But somehow the flames lacked their usual warmth. 'Then thanks to a grandchild's wondrous belief, Dusty boxes came forth with a sense of relief; STs tiny fingers were touching a soft, warm elf Once again I felt "in touch" with myself. -SMaxine Croft Shreve - - - . . |