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Identifier: happyholidays00wick (find matches)
Title: Happy holidays
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Wickes Frances Gillespy, 1875-1967
Subjects: Children's stories
Publisher: Chicago : Rand McNally
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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looked out. What did he see? He saw a most wonderful sight. Through alittle hole in the wall the children had crept in,and they were sitting in the branches of the trees.In every tree that he could see there was a littlechild. And the trees were so glad to have thechildren back again that they had covered them-selves with blossoms, and were waving theirarms gently above the childrens heads. Thebirds were flying about and twittering withdelight, and the flowers were looking up throughthe green grass and laughing. It was a lovelyscene, only in one corner it was still winter. Itwas the farthest corner of the garden, and in itwas standing a little boy. He was so small thathe could not reach up to the branches of the tree,and he was wandering all round it, crying bitterly.The poor tree was still quite covered with frostand snow, and the North Wind was blowing androaring above it. Climb up, little boy! saidthe Tree, and it bent its branches down as lowas it could; but the boy was too tiny.
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g;a?z/ /oo^ him gently and put him up into the tree Easter Sunday 229 And the Giants heart melted as he looked out.How selfish I have been! he said; now I knowwhy the Spring would not come here. I will putthat poor little boy in the top of the tree, andthen I will knock down the wall, and my gardenshall be the childrens playground for ever andever. He was really very sorry for what he haddone. So he crept downstairs and opened the frontdoor quite softly, and went out into the garden.But when the children saw him they were sofrightened that they all ran away, and the gardenbecame winter again. Only the little boy didnot run, for his eyes were so full of tears that hedid not see the Giant coming. And the Giantstrode up behind him and took him gently in hishand, and put him up into the tree. And thetree broke at once into blossom, and the birdscame and sang in it, and the little boy stretchedout his two arms and flung them around theGiants neck, and kissed him. And the otherchildren, whe

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