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PLUM TUDDING LAND.
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
CHRISTMAS "NUMBER.
Only a tiny rhyme to-day- For this is all I want to say, "A Merry Xmas to you dears, A happy jolly time (no tears!) With Xmas trees and games and
toys
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PLUM PUDDING LAND.
Mary was spending a delightful Christmas Day.
In the morning, as soon as she was awake, she sat up and looked round for her stocking. There it was, hanging on the end of the bed, full of surprises.
place. The walls were black and so was the floor and it was so soft that her feet sank in it. There were heaps of little windows of all sizes and *shapes, made of bits of candy peel. Currants and raisins and sultanas were running and dancing all over the room, turning somersaults. and laughing so mach that one or two cracked down their sides, but i did not seem to hurt them.
In one commer were a number of beds made of set and on these, with their heads on four pillows, lay some tired looking sultanas.
"Who are these please?" Mary enquired of # folly looking currant, who came frisking along.
"Did you speak to me?" he answered, "My name is Plump and except at this time of the year I be long to the Buf Family. How do you! ;do?" And he stretched out a fat
black hand.
Then, after breakfast, she and her three brothers and sisters helped How do you do," said Mary their mother to decorate the rooms politely, shaking hands. I was with holly and mistletoe and after asking you who those people are in {that they went to church,
bed."
They were all hungry when they came home again and were quite read to eat the big turkey." After that the room was made dark and the plim pudding was brought in, all on fore, and everyone cried *Hurrah!"
Oh those," Plump replied in a whisper." They are very old and got into this place by mistake so we thought that the best thing to do was to pot them to bed out of the way.” Of course, Mary agreed." It wouldn't do to eat old sultanas. It might make children ill to eat.
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Lord Holly Berry replies looking DAIRY FARM NEWS.
less annoyed, But you know, Thimble, that it is a boon which at this time af the year-ikis'not possibla to grant. "However, there must be peace and quiet here. Call Lady Ring," he added, turning to Plump.
Pluno bowed and ran off as fast as his fat little leg would carry him. In less than two seconds -he was Back again, loading by the-hand a
| slender gulden ring, with a bright happy face which it did one good: to
set.
"My Lord," said Golden-Ring, "I am here at your request.”
Very good, "Lord Holly Berry went on, smiling graciously at her," Will you help me this year. by stay- ing in the same place as Thimble and | keeping each other company?":{
"Of course, My Lord," Golden Ring replied. "I will do what you wish." Then turning to Thimble she took him by the hand and said, *Come dear friend, we will find a comfortable spot where we can. sit and talk together, and if we have to wander off to Cold Plate Land we will go together and so will not be lonely."
"I do pot mind at all if you are with me, Golden Ring." Thimble sald in a sweet voice and off they went hand in hand.
"That is one difficult matter set- fled," Mary heard Lord Holly mutter to himself. The next minute: he Fooked round and gave à loud cry of "My people, it is nearly over!" and all the currants, sultanas and raisins began to run about faster than ever, crying, "It's over? It's over 1 Quick- Let us enjoy ourselves up to the last minute,"
And they turned somersaults and laughed and jumped about until Mary,,who seemed to be in the middle of a whirling mass of them, was quite giddy.
But what is over?” she cried to Plump, when she could make him hear through all the din.
Why Christmas Night of course.”“ Plump shouted in her ear, "All our fun is finished for this year."
"But how do you know that?" asked Mary.
"Look!" cried Plump, pointing to the walls.” And see what is happep- She broke off hastily as she re-ing to you too. You are off to the membered that she was speaking to Really and Truly Land again."
Later on in the afternoon, the whole family was called into the drawing room. In the middle of the room was a huge Christmas tree, a currant. covered with shiny balls and orpa- ments and long chains of glittering tinsel and there were heaps of lighted candles too.
Piled up on the floor round the tree were parcels of all sizes, some big and some tiny, and you can imagine the excitement of undoing
them all.
Mary was very tired at the end of the day and as-soon as she was in bed she shut her eyes and fell fast asleep. And in the twinkling of an eye she was in Dreamland and this is what she saw,
She stood at the side of a road and there was a signpost near by where the road divided into two. This sign post bad two arms. On one was written This way to Plum Pudding Land" and on the other "This is the way home again to-morrow.”
"Why I thought that I was at 'home now,” said Mary to herself, "But at any rate Plum Pudding Land sounds nice. I'll go that way.
That's all right," Pump said with a broad grin,"No one really eats plum puddings though they may think they do."
Whatever do you mean?" asked Mary in a surprised tone of voice.
"Well it's like this," Plump went on. "But sit down while I tell you all about it."
-“Thank you,” said Mary, and! she sat down on a comfortable apple bench which was near by.
Mary had only just time to šee that the candy peel windows were dropping to bits and the fames were streaming in, before she realised that the apple bench on which she wis sitting was sinking down into the soft black floor. Down, down she went and she had to shut her eyes and mouth tight because of the sticky pudding.
When she opened her eyes once more she was back in her own bed
PETER PAN.
home.
"I know that most people imagine that they eat plum pudding," "con- See if any of your friends can guess tinted Flamp. But it is all a mis- these! take. To begin with It is much too rich and would upset_everybody if they did eat it. Ar Christmas time. there are hundreds and thousands of tiny fairies flying about who are called the Spirits of Enjoyment: No- body can see them but people do Ab article of sometimes bear them whispering close
clothing... -Stocking. by their ears:
What people keep
A GUESSING GAME OF XMAS : THINGS.
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When the plum puddings are pat on the table these Spirits are waiting So off she went down the road close by with invisible, baskets and which was made all of almonds and when anyone is going to put a spoon- raisins átting into one another like ful of pudding in his mouth they The answer to a paving stones. - There was a bigbanatch it away and afterwards take roll call hedge of holly on each side, so high it back to Plate Pudding Land, ready that it was impossible to see over it for the next Christmas."
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It was rather dark too until she padding 1", cried Mary in surprise. turned a corner. Then there was a "Oh no, you haven't really re-A meat dish and sudden blaze of light.
plied Flamp, The Spirits of Enjoy-
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bet. her a huge plum pudding on a big that is called" Suprar and Spice and white dish, which was covered with all that's nice and it is a very good. flames. She heard someone sing padding indeed." ing
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"Come along, come this way, On this bright Xmas Day. The pudding is ready,
So one, two, three, steady.
Jump over the flames.
And join in our games.
Just then Mary heard a great com motion and when she looked round she saw that there was someone trying to fight his way through a namber of currants who were sur- rounding him.
'I don't want to leave this nice
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Father Christmas.
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warm place," she heard a silvery key is a greedy arimal? voice saying, "I am going to hide Recause it always saying and no one is to stop me." Let me 'Gobble, gobbie, gobble." go I say!"
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The door opens wide, Come now, come inside.” And then she saw, that ever so many tiny fairies were playing in the fire, pelting each other with the
"Why whoever is it?
Mary flames and laughing and dancing asked Plump. with gleer
"It's only Thimble," he answered," The next minute a door opened | Every year there is this same trouble. in the side of the plum pudding. First of all he grumbles because he Some of the 'fairies ran aside and says that the pudding sticks to him three or four came upto Mary, and spoils his bright coat. Then be holding out their hands and calling says that he does not want to leave Per sa. “Haiching," yesterday:—Mr. out, "Come, come quickly. In two this warm place and that he will not | D. Brace, Mestre D. Bostock, H. Watkins, minutes the door will shut again!” be put on a cold plate. And then- Major and Mrs Wood, Mer Phillips.
But I can't possibly jump over naughty boy-he says that whoever Fur. F.-P. Andrest; MF C. Abans, Mrs Per z.s. "Biberia Mafu," Yesterday :- those big flames," cried Mary. finds him is sure to wash him and and the Miss Akson, Miss L. Bancroft, 'Oh yes, you can get over easily that he hates being washed. You ́A. H. Baker, J. K. Beard, Mrs enough," said one of the fairies, see he rather fancies himself because Bosed, Misses, A. Benzil, H. Davis, P.
What have you in your pocket?" he has a fine silver coat and leads a "Why a spoon!" answered Mary, Lazy and comfortable life as a rule, feeling in her pocket. What a spending most of his time in silk queer thing to find there,”
lined workbaskets,” m/ "Not at all," replied, the fairy, At that minute Thimble began to You never know what you may scream loader than ever, but he find in your pocket. But now come stopped at once when a sprig of along. Cut a path for yourself and holly with an angry red face came then you will soon reach the door | along.
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