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Show Fairi "tale 4r -my:GRMAM - BONNER CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY "Once upon a time," began Daddy, "a little mouse had heard when he was hiriinjr in holes in things to eat. "Before long Santa was through and quickly disappeared dis-appeared up the chimney. "And then the mice began their feast. And oh, what a time they did have ! "They ate until they could eat no more, and they thought Christinas Christ-inas t' e finest time 6f the year, for never before had they seen food the corners of the rooms that all of the little boys and girls In the world once a year had a Christmas tree full of goodies. j "A dear old person per-son named Santa Claus trimmed the tree for them and filled the stockings which they hung up bj the fireplaces. l n e iiiut mouse didn't see why he should!) t Together They have a . Christ-Planned. Christ-Planned. maSi t00i so he told another little mouse what he had heard. "Together they planned what they would do. "They would bore through two little holes in the parlor where they had heard the tree was to he. "There they stayed every night, keeping very quiet. They heard the children talk about what they hoped Santa Claus would bring them and saw them constantly send notes up the chimney to him. "Of course the mice had to keep very quiet, as they didn't want to let the children know they were there, and with a great deal of self-denial they stayed out of the pantry, living for their very own Christmas party. "At last Christmas Eve came. They saw the children in their little nighties hang up their stockings by the fireplace fire-place and then trot off to bed. "Before long the mice heard strange noises on the roof, and then a little soot began to fall down the chimney "Soon they saw a jolly old man ap pear, with white hair and a white beard, from -the chimney, and they nudged each other, whispering: i " 'That must be Santa Claus.' "Sure enough, it was Santa Claus. for he had a big bag of presents with him. and at once he set to work. "At first he trimmed the tree. He had plenty of silver 'trimming and candles; but, best of all (thought the mice), he strung popcorn over the tree and made it look as If thesnow had fallen over It. "Then he tied on the branches candy canes and candy animals of all sorts. "Next he filled the stockings, and how the mouths of the two little mice did water as they saw all sorts of nuts, raisins and big rosy-cheeked apples going In ! "The toys didn't Interest the mice, as they were longing to get at the jib still before them "That Must Be for which they Santa Claus." . wi re not hungry ! 'The next morning when the children chil-dren saw so many nutshells and bits of popcorn lying around they knew that tome little mice must have had a party, bul they didn't set a trap, as they thought it was title that the mice had had a Christmas puny, too!" |