Show 4 IRY aa 0 crahane domer 00 BIDDLES CHRISTMAS 1 I 1 in must U st tell you about the chi chrast ast 1st mas which biddle birdsall Is going to have said daddy the cat inho ho does such wonderful th things asked nancy yes the cut cat said daddy but this time we tire are to hear of the things which are to be done for biddle tor for christmas they had a fine christ mas for him last year and they v will 11 have another fine one for him this this year 1 even ven biddle Is getting geeting excited about it I 1 suppose said klac yes I 1 do belle believe e he fiust be dreaming about it said daddy for I 1 have hoard heard that lie sleeps with an eye open most of ilie time for fear lie will miss something and they tell mp me that lie he sits it great deal by the window watching for christmas packages to come they have a red bow for his neck and they have sode some delicious catnip all ready for him lie he will love that and it will make him feel s sleepy and ana so comfortable that he thinks will be the nicest present of all As biddle was sitting sating by the window the other day a little tiny log dog ran out of one of the opposite houses and barked at biddles little master who was on his roller skates the little do dog was frightened jut but biddle looked much disgusted that dog he said to himself Is very foolish to mind roller skates im too fine and sensible a cot for that just the other day lie he saw th j first real signs of carl chammas tinas the ash pile in the garden was covered wit with snow and it looked pretty ses really that old ash pile looked quite lovely for it looked like a mountain of snow ind and was of such a beautiful shape biddle care about the beauty of it the asli ash pile but he had always re numbered that just before christmas there was lots of snow so that even the ish ash pile looked like a snow t mountain of course some time fine biddle may make a mistake for this heavy snowstorm has happened to come just at this his certain time since biddle was a looked quite lovely little kitty bitty and so he was quite sure that without any vil mistake stake it would soon be christmas then he was given his christmas christinas ribbon ft a day or two before christmas so lie he would look all dressed up for the day and he smacked his lips and licked his little gray toes and said to himself ali ah soon it will ba h time for the catnip the door bell began to ring so often now it has such such a gay and happy sound like door bells do sound around christmas time people were getting presents from the postman w i aich were nil all marked please do not open until christmas and others were leaving their presents ahead of time all ah said biddle soon it rill lie be time soon the children will shriek with delight and I 1 wont shriek no that would be beneath my dignity but I 1 will purr and I 1 will lick their hands I 1 mean the hands of all the different ones in the family and I 1 will wish them a merry christmas in my very own way oh soon I 1 think it will be time soon for what need Is there to wait I 1 am dressed up and ready I 1 am waiting for the excitement I 1 can scarcely take a nap it will not be until I 1 get ray catnip that I 1 will be able to take a cat nap tm rm ready so why should they watt wait any longer so you see biddle Is waiting for christmas and he will not be disappointed about his christmus christmas present tor for he will get the catnip but clever though biddle Is lie he cannot bring christmas ahead of time and in the long run its better that no one can tor for there would be no excitement cit ement if christmas came without having all those gloriously wonderfully exciting days which come before and so among other reasons e always have the days before christmas in addition to christmas day imas imar |