Chapter 4: CHRISTMAS
t Alice and Ella a Mary and Laura licked to make it last longer.
quot;ell, ; Uncle Peter said. quot;Isnt tocking a sc?”
My, my, have you all been such good children? “
But t believe t Santa Claus could, really, a sc o some c it couldnt o t ime, every day, for a whole year.
quot;You mustnt tease ter,quot; Aunt Eliza said.
Ma said, quot;Laura, arent you going to let t; S, quot;Little girls must not be so selfish.”
So Laura let Mary take tiful doll, and te, and tty dress and admired tockings and ters, and t Laura Cte was safe in her arms again.
Pa and Uncle Peter tens, knit in little squares of red and Eliza hem.
Aunt Eliza Ma a large red apple stuck full of cloves. smelled! And it spoil, for so many cloves sound and s.
Ma gave Aunt Eliza a little needle-book ss of silk for covers and soft o ick ting.
tiful bracket, and Aunt Eliza said t Uncle Peter carving.
Santa Claus given t all. Santa Claus did not give gros but t because t been good.
Pa and Ma give eacs.
ts must be laid atle out er to do t Eliza make t table, .
For breakfast turn to bring e, and eacand by tove and cter Ma put on t ing to curn ttle man over, quickly and carefully, on a griddle. smoking on te.
Peter ate t a Alice and Ella and Mary and Laura ate ttle bits, first t.
today t t play outdoors, but ttens to admire, and to lick. And t on toget tures in tures of all kinds of animals and b