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Show ABSORPTION. "Why do we always bring out a lot of fairy tales at Christmas time' I'll tell you why. It's because the fairy tale is irresistibly absorbing." The speaker was Mitchell Kennerlv, publisher, according to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat He went on: "I gave a litle boy a book of fairy tales last Christmas One evening, after af-ter his supper, the little bov began to cry "What is the matter with you?" asked his nurse 'What are vou crving for?'" "'Boo, hoo!' he blubbered. I ate all m supper while you were reading me one of my fain tales, and here I didn't know I'd eaten it' " rr |