Show fatra afy AARy GRAJ LETTER dexter was getting very much excited it wits was quite natural christ inns was on its way and though it took christmas christinas day quite it a long time to come every moment in waiting for it wits was full fall of excitement of 0 f nil all the things dexter loved best in ili the world next to santa clans cinus and christmas it wits was a circus oh lie he dearly loved a circus lie ile loved the parade and the band anti anil the lie animals I 1 lie e loved tile the clowns anil and the beautiful ladles indies who rode on horses hordes unit elephants and who threw kisses us as they rode around tile the ring in the marndo and who smiled sallied quite often tit at dexter now that gin chi unas tinas was coming coining dexter detor hns going to write a letter to santa claus and this Is what lie he wrote benr santa 1 I have been a rood good boy my whole family sus so tin and if your whole filmily family says so it certainly means its true your fanelly say youre rood good when 3 ou oil arent in fact you often think youre sure pretty good yourself and know lots of ways you could be worse tint and et ct your bour family dont think youre so BO good so when your family says youre good it means youre oure awful good well viell santa tile way IT ive e been lately and I 1 guess ill be good for it a lung long time to come right into the now year and nil all 11 my mother mid my father say it make me happier to be ba such a 11 good boy and it does santa beell cabie list I 1 know youre coming coining und and they say you vou like us to bo be good of course they do too and I 1 never hear bieard you ou say so much about it in what letters ive had from you except you ou seem glad when were good hut you vou dont scold all the other times anyway I 1 have been good and have done the chores regularly anti and I 1 have gone to bed tit lit night after only being spoken to a very little and have got up till in tile the morning utmost almost its as soon as I 1 was called and have cut extra wood and done dona more errands that I 1 had to do ive IM also asked if there nn 1111 thing Loing more inore I 1 could do just to be 0 i now that christmas was coming extra obliging so you see how very very good vve ive been sometimes I 1 look at myself and I 1 say to myself in v self dexter call t jn this bo be really you ion and I 1 answer and I 1 say to Illy bolf self it seems to be dexter it seems to be 1 I tell this to a anyone but yau santa well you see how awful liard hard ive tried and im wondering it if it t would be too much for you iou to give me lite it a irons circus for a christmas christinas present ive seen been one and thought maybe you guide it a number of them tills this year knowing how fond people lire are of the circus and boys especially what with understanding tile ilie anit jil mils nals and how to water tile elephants rind and till all sorts boits of things like that they have a cardboard tent and a lot let of cardboard uni nials tin and clowns and it a ninke belleve audience then you vou can sot set up a stage and make the performers jump over bars all and do till all sorts of stunts 1 I 1 guess you must have just maxle it for boys bos like me lite who love a circus so I 1 santa I 1 dout love anything an thing better thin a circus save have you iou and christmas day and my lay family of nf course ill be good for a long long time too santa if I 1 only can have a circus of ourse course ril ill be good anyway hut but I 1 wears it will he be so easy to be good theia with etli the alio circus it will just wake luuke one feel good 11 all Yell santa I 1 must close this long totter letter I 1 do hope you are well and it cold or mi anything tiling ke careful santa S inan and dont catch cold 1 I 1 guess youre ioury too nice to ever catch coll cold and have to t sneeze and feel lill all horrid in the alm head dut but dont its s my mother says tale take chanes with your health and nil it if you iou see any polar bears ask them for me lite if they dont find it too cold up there but that ashamed of ud knitting it on account of having the reputation of supposing to like illic it tie ao cold maybe they admit it but ask them anyway wel ave got my iny lessons to learn santa I 1 thought oud be pleased to jw that alint koc gee santa those circuses are great id think an awful lot of one it if I 1 had bad it J rom your true friend dexter 10 |