Show sta As little santa claus cau S canary was a success christmas so near and WITH no money for a gift tor for nedda langley his sweet heart and inspiration for composing i and now this cold rainy day carl woods felt very low spirited then lie he saw the little e bird outside iha window ile he opened the window the bird lew flew in and perched on the piano where it seemed quite at home standing by the piano wondering what to do with his visitor carl let his fingers wander over the keys tweet tweet the bird said and then began to sing Is lustily tily intensely interested carl i continued playing and as long as he t played the bird sang suddenly realizing he was playing something he had never hoard heard before fore carl began making note of what he had been playing playing growing I 1 chilled he arose to close the window I 1 he had left open to his surprise the bird was gone nor could I 1 it bo be found in the room he rc remember bomber when he had lost last heard it singing where could it be I 1 I 1 locking across the court of the apartment building he noticed in the window opposite a bird cage and I 1 a canary was hopping around on the window sill although the window was closed now it must have been open earlier and the bird had taken advantage of its freedom whether it was the same bird that had visited carl he and nedda always felt it was and called it little santa claus for it had brought happiness and prosperity for carls composition was accepted and an advance payment made blanche tanner dillin D western newspaper union |