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Show Glljrfetntas Every year about the same time (December 23, to be exact)" I find myself being pushed about from one store to another. Ouch! Oh, pardon me. I'm very sorry, madam . . . you see . . . she must be in a hurry I beg your pardon. Wefl, here I am. I guess I asked for it, too. Pardon me, please. "Do your Christmas shopping early," the man said. Who listened to him, anyway? Not I, nor anyone else, it seems. When will people ever learn to take the advice of others'.' Oh, I am very sorry, lady, but I was just trying to get into this store. Oh, you are, too? Well, why don't we just push along together? That worked very nicely. Now that I am in the store, what do I want ? Let me see now a- purse for mom. I wonder where the purse counter coun-ter is. . . . I, wonder where , a counter is, period. Oh, I see one . . . woops, wrong one. Could you tell me where the purses are ? Qh, that is what you would like to know? Well, when I find them I shall come back and telL you. (Ha, ha, that is what she thinks.) For goodness sakes! Look what I found. Here are the purses, and there is just the one I want. . . . But lady, I didn't know you wanted it, too. . . . Why don't we just quietly draw straws for it? Hmnnn, I wonder why she left in such a hurry. She looked so angry, too. . . . Oh, I had forgotten how beautiful Christmas carols were. I could stand here and listen to them all night. Ah, Christmas! It . . . but officer, 1 didn't mean to block traffic. I was just listening lis-tening to those Christmas carols that made me. Oh, yes, sir. Right away, sir! Well, back to realization. Let I me see, now. For whom do I have to get presents? Oh, yes. ... I have to buy something for my sister. What shall I get her? Oh, here is a bookstore. She is really quite the bookworm, anyway ... so I might as well go in and see what they have. Oh, dear, what made me come in here? There were less people peo-ple on the street. Now, what would she like to read? This is quite a perplexing problem. Here is "Christines' Candy Cookbook." No, that wouldn't do. She isn't the domestic type. "Arbitrary Annabella" sounds a little better. How about "Harriet Hakelbury at Holly House"? My sister is really the outdoor type, so she might enjoy "Majestic Mountains Moun-tains and Mole Hills." This could go on forever. So I shall take this one . . . "Murder in the Morgue." She really enjoys mysteries. mys-teries. Where do I go from here, I wonder. Oh, hello, Gertrude! Are you going home? Oh, you say you have loads and loads of presents pres-ents to buy yet? Well, I have an excellent idea. Why don't we go home now and come back tomorrow? to-morrow? Tomorrow is only the 24th, and we can get everything then. OK? OK! |