Show owl L V j RE 11 I 1 ry 0 ame ALI ibraham domer stat BIDDLES CHRISTMAS 1 I must tell you tall about the christ max inns which birdsall Is going to have salil said daddy the cat who toes does such wonderful things asked nancy yes the cat said daddy but this time a me ave are anro to hear of the ilia things which alil h uro are to be done for diddle for christmas they had bad a fine christ mas tor for hini last year and they will hae mie another fitio ono one to fop r him this I 1 aearl 5 car ian is getting excited about it I 1 suppose said mild nick yes I 1 do ilo belleve lie he must be dreaming about it st paid ild daddy bior for I 1 havo have heard that lie he sleeps with tin an eye open most of the ilia time for fear lie ho will ruess something and they tell me in that lie he sits it great deal by tile the window watching for packages to come 1 they have a red bow for tits his neck una they have soine bome delicious dell cloua cat nip nil all ready for him lie ile that and it will mako make him feel sv sleepy and so comfortable that lie ho thinks mill be the nicest present of all As biddle was ly by tile the window tho other tiny day a little tiny dog og ran out of one of the opposite houses and barked at biddles little muster master who was on his roller skates tho the little dog was frightened but wattle looked much disgusted that dog he said to himself Is very foolish to mind roller skates im too tine fine anil and sensible a cat for that just the other day lie saw ill the first rent real signs of the ansh pile in the garden was covered with snow and it looked pretty yes i really cully that old ash pile looked quite lovely for it looked like it mountain of snow and was of such it a beautiful shape Il liddle 1 I aare care about tile the beauty of tile the ash pile but lie hall had always remembered that just before christmas there thiera was lots of snow so that oven evell tho the ash pile looked like a fino enow W mountain of course somo asne biddle may make a mistake for uila this heavy snowstorm lins ling happened to como come juat at this certain biddle beddle was a I 1 I 1 0 tm SL looked quite lovely r little kitty arideo lie wits was quite sure surd that aitho without u t adv anny mistake it would soon be christmas then he w ans n given his christmas ribbon it day br or two lefore christmas so he would look ell all dressed ased 6 up for tile the day and he smacked ills his lips and licked his little gray toes and I 1 said bald to himself ah soon it will bo be time for tho the catnip 1 tile the door bell beglin began to ring to BO often now I 1 it t lids lias such a gny gay and happy sound like doorbells door bells do sound around christmas tinier people were getting presents fr from om tho postman which were all marked please do riot not biell open until christmas taid nud others were leaving their presents ahead of time all said soon it will be time soon tho the ci children Aldren will shriek with delight it and I 1 wont y shriek no that would be beneath my dignity but I 1 will purr anti and 1 I will lick their hands 7 I 1 mean the hands of all the different ones in the fat fanaly tilly antl darul I 1 will wish visit them a werry merry christmas christinas in my very ow own n way oh soon I 1 think it will be time soon for w what lint need Is there to walt wait I 1 nm am dressed up and ready I 1 am waiting to atif the excitement I 1 can scarcely take n nap it will not ho be until I 1 get ray my en catnip tillit that I 1 will be able to take a cat nap tin im ready 60 so why should they wait any ny longert longer so you see diddle biddle la is waiting for christmas and he will not be disappointed about lits ins christmas present for he will get the catnip lp but clever though biddle Is lie he cannot bring christmas alleata of time and in the long run its better that flint no one can for there would be no excitement cit ement if came without having fill all thoe gloriously wonderfully exciting days which come before I 1 and so among other reasons wo always have the days before christmas christinas in addition to christmas dayl danyl |