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A Story For Young Readers

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go to a pajuce or a castle, “

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1956,

CHRISTMAS PAGES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

It was e bells.

Springing to his feel, 1an forward

Somod of jingling

Dibs

"Hudolf2",

"and

In

Jum very

T tell you my secret now, it you like.' Dils whispered, an They sped Over the show

There's a teeny-werny hole

The eve of this suck

"What's wonderful about dr.at" demanded Phar Dram

Feel you nerd the Something***

Blitz and Bundes, wait for me.” The sleigh alwrdd to stop, and

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The Window Of Long Ago

-Through It, the Shadows Saw an Old-Fashioned Sleigh-

By MAX TRELL

Minto the street when Knart

MR PUNCH was looking out

and Hanid, the shadowe, came up and stood beside him at the window.

The street was covered, with SNOW. Birt Ankes were still fluttering down, looking like winter butterflies and already the children were coming out with their sicds.

Mr Punch stalled,

reminds me of the uld days, long, long ago when I was

is boy he bald to Kini and Hunici,

"Did you go sleigh-riding?" asked Hanid.

W

"Did I sold Mr Punch,

rleigh-riding with The Whole family: my mother. father, sisters and broth, ny grandfather.

Kraz dmotherg and a horse."

Knart and Band both elained in one voice; "And a horse

My

The Grandfather Clock

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Dibs Tuind himself koking right Mr Punch nodded. "He was the eyes of Puther Christ- † the must important member of the sleigh ride. I'll show you I'ma

wway. whul tanean. Come with me Dit I; and Fl let you see what that Thought Id like an adventure, 'sleigh ride looked like in those

more long, long ago days." frightest

happy in y Mr Punch took the hands of Mas & par to Loses Bridge Kiner and Rank and they all Stev In the fast no one walked utras the watch a smug and I do want to go where the old grandfather clock

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siced

"Whats up, blast the 13a Drum labelled Acaola Avene Foxwood.

"Nothing. Why? Can't a chap think?" repizod Dibe Father crossly.

“Yes, but you don't us a rule, " came the quick retort. When you're quiet,

generally YouTu planning some fresh meinet. What is this time?"

I've just discovered 2013- thing that even Santa dream':

kww, ased BIOS 1 shart tell you, because it's a secret."

"Please yourself," was all the Big Drum sald, but he kept his eyes and ears open.

his

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Mir "There's a little

Klix.

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behin

window there.“

So they rqueezed bebind the

of tile Busut al dound Yotk old grandfather clock and sure weneath in the neck, I was very † enough,

There Wa

little

tad, kaltor, And Santa Claus į window with a lace curtain In David has hurt his front It net atthe 20 luv and leg and can't run about, so I pels with begonias growing in

particularly wanted prant is

them standing on the sili. It invant going all the way home for another monkey, hu to arrange for a clicopter in pick ane up on the metatar

Jetsz.ex or shouldn't arrive i have

line, You don't deserve to go to such u

little boy, but..."

must

2018

click O Diby shrugged shoulders and went on planning

us adventure.

"It's the Window of Loug Age," said Mr Punch. “Just puli aside the curtain. Hanid dear."

Hanid did so. They looked

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A Country Road

found ease inke me," begged i te atreet that

ve been a stupid little but I've learnt my

found

rest

It was showing but it wasn't

they saw from

It way the regular window. country road. In the distance, through the falling snow, they could Nee a little white form house with the lights from u Christmas tree twinkling in the window.

But when he finally himself alone in the dark, and

The heurd

Falber Dibe serund Christmas's sleigh dying away monkey, in the distance, he felt frighten- lesson," ed and very much alone. He had

Father

Christmas regarded jumped from the sleigh when it

the eager monkey thoughtfully, slowed

because down,

he 1 think you have," he said thought they were neur

their

"Get into the sleigh destination, but now he found slowly himself in a dark forest. It was Now we've

und beside me Come on, Reindeer, That's the house where I

Dibble, we usd to live when 1 was a boy,' no use going back the way he had come. Dlbs braced

shun't have to go all the way his home,

Mr Punch whispered.

"Look! You shoulders and set off along

at the Here comes the sled now! We're path leading farther

aerodrome while I ty Mort-all going to the village church." unto the

by and back." forest.

And now, faintly but growing He had not gone far when u "I'm glad David's to have a louder, Knart und Hanid could

J. Bappy

Christmas, suld Dibs Cruss voice demanded whe

hear the tinkle of sleigh bells. softly, snuggling was and what he was doing.

up to Santa

"There It is!" cried Knurf. "I'm Dibbie the monkey, und Claus, Becutige that means I I'm going out law the world to shall have one, too."

have an adventure," 1tbs

~WINIFRED answered, looking all round him to see who had spoken.

"Monkey!

We

don't wand monkeys in this forest. Go away. or chase you."

..

Dibs hurried on. But in a low minulos the same thing happer- and ed again. Animals, birds, insects all seemed determined be unfriendly, and poor Dibble was soon running as fast as he could through the dark, frighten- ing forest.

Much sooner than they had expected, the toys were carried out to the sleigh--the biggest one, that needed eight reindeer to draw it When all the sacks were

loated on to the sleigh, Santa Claus climbed into seat, and they moved off at rapid rate over the snow, The beils

of Die reindeer's harness Jingled merrily, and before long Father Christmas was singing all the jolly sung he knew, for the knowledge that he was soon "Oh why did I run away?" going to give pleasure to millions he half sabbed, as fresh threats

made him

even fusior Twice he stumbled and fell, bui fund himself at long last he

the the further odige of forest.

With a cry of relief ho sank to the ground, and sal there panting, Suddenly he heard a familiar sound, a sound that brought hope to his heart--

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Mr. Puneb showed them there was a window behind the clock.

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In the sleigh wagon sut a mạn who looked like Mr Punch unly It wasn't Mr Punch. "That was Luther

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And There wun the home! Hot skiing in any of the souls. It was pulling the sleigh uver - Show, tossing its head and Daking the sleigh belts ring.

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The sleigh wagon was gone, Mr Punch drew the curtains cross the window again, They all stepped out from be- hin the old grandfather clock. Well," Mr Punch sald to Knarf and Honid, "new you've seen it, That was the sleigh

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