Show apt k le ae COLD winter night the enow snow was gently tailing falling cn u the pine trees of the for est eat these those tall stately trees stood very straight and still till on this cold night dy by and by tha the tallest anil and the oldest ol 01 tem aid said how flow happy I 1 hall shall be when at last I 1 am strong enough and tall to be cut down by the wood cutters 1 hope when they do cut mo me down that I 1 may be good elou enoah h that they will want me tor for some great ship and then I 1 shall hare have a chance to sail salt the seas what do you know about ships and the seas I 1 asked a little pine tree who stood at the foot ot of the tall one the stately tree bent beat bla hit branches a very little ad a d footed down ai B the email small tree at ha hi feet feel 1 I have beard heard many e 1 14 seas and the ships that sall on then them for the birds bit sit in my branches bran chea and cing sing to me all the time of ot tha tho beauties and wonders ot of the world then too the star beams who are much older than the birds have some truly won darful tale talon to tell ot of things that they have been la in their tripe trips around the world there ie is the Star boam of ot the brightest star just peeping over the hilltop he lie can tell some truly won darful tales ta aba e little pine tree trembled tor for very joy thie this waa was lie atrat winter in the forest and these things were all new to him just as was the snow that was covering bis his roots toots and making them all warm with its white blanket wont you please ask the St arbeam beam to tell us a story asked the little pine let ue us ask him to tell us again asin the christmas story said another of the older pauesi alnea the one bo he told us taut year bo so when the Star beara came over and rested gently on the tallest pice plus be he asked it to tell fain again the story oj of the first christmas I 1 I 1 lore love to tell this etory story beet beat of all stories that I 1 know said tta ta little Bt St arbeam once upon a time a long time ume ago ion ian before even the oldest pine dine tre trees es here bore began to grow a beautiful worn wo M an named mary wary and her husband joseph went on a journey to a little city called bethlehem all thi people in that hat country went to this sarae city to pay par their taxes and when mary and jot joceph ph got there they found so many P pi ale te that there thora was no room left them at the inn the only place where they could find ond shelter was in a stable and here hers went that night a little babe WM born and its mother miry maxy laid him in a manger on some nice clean straw away off oft la in the bait east the brightest star he bad never been seen before and some items wife visa men who knew that this was the timo for or the babe to be born saw the brightest star as they started out to find the babe all their long the bright eat star kept just in front ot of them to show them the way to ga and when they ther rested at Y the brightest lightest Il star would rest too and watt for them at last they reached the city elt of beth lehem and found the little babe in 11 th the a manger with bis his mother by bis his side these wise men had brought some very costly gifts to this babe babek and it is the birthday of this babe that is celebrated every christmas and it is in hie his memory that gifts are given to the poor that is to all ot of the story and it Is time for me to be going and the star beam went gayly on dancing over the tops of the trees 4 gat |