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<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1 class="faux">a Christmas Hamper</h1> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/cover.jpg" width-obs="521" height-obs="700" alt="front cover" /></div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i001.jpg" width-obs="573" height-obs="600" alt="poem" /> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/frontis.jpg" width-obs="473" height-obs="700" alt="frontis" /></div> <hr class="chap" /></div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/title.jpg" width-obs="573" height-obs="800" alt="title page" /></div> <div class="maintitle">a Christmas Hamper</div> <p class="center">A Volume of Pictures and Stories<br/> for Little Folks<br/><br/> <span class="smcap">T. Nelson & Sons<br/> London, Edinburgh &<br/> New York</span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i005.jpg" width-obs="473" height-obs="339" alt="Santa and sleigh flying" /></div> <hr class="chap" /></div> <h2 id="CONTENTS">CONTENTS</h2> <div class="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="5" summary="toc"> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#A_Very_Naughty_Little_Person">A Very Naughty Little Person.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#Poor_Uncle_Tom">Poor Uncle Tom.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#A_Snow_Man">A Snow Man.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#Not_Such_Fun_as_it_Seemed">Not Such Fun as it Seemed.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#On_The_Sands">On The Sands.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#Old_Clothes">Old Clothes.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#The_Little_Tiny_Thing">The Little Tiny Thing.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#Questions">Questions.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#A_Lesson_in_Manners">A Lesson in Manners.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#The_Prize_Boat">The Prize Boat.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#The_Little_Thief_in_the_Pantry">The Little Thief in the Pantry.</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td class="tdc"><SPAN href="#Great-Grandmothers_Wish">Great-Grandmother’s Wish.</SPAN></td></tr> </table></div> <hr class="chap" /></div> <h2><SPAN name="A_Very_Naughty_Little_Person" id="A_Very_Naughty_Little_Person">A Very Naughty Little Person.</SPAN></h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="drop-capi"> <ANTIMG src="images/i006drop-cap.jpg" alt="Illustrated I" /></div> <div class="verse drop-capi">I ’M told I’m very naughty</div> <div class="verse indent2b">I almost ’spect I am;</div> <div class="verse">But, somehow, when I shut the door</div> <div class="verse indent2">It’s nearly sure to slam.</div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Can you tell why my shoe-strings break</div> <div class="verse indent2">And tie themselves in knots,</div> <div class="verse">And how it is my copy-books</div> <div class="verse indent2">Are always full of blots?</div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">It seems as if too many blots</div> <div class="verse indent2">Lived in one pot of ink;</div> <div class="verse">But when they’re wet and shiny,</div> <div class="verse indent2">They’re pretty, don’t you think?</div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Why does my hair get tangled?</div> <div class="verse indent2">What makes me talk all day?</div> <div class="verse">And why don’t toys and books just try</div> <div class="verse indent2">To put themselves away?</div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">I think that p’r’aps I <i>might</i> be good</div> <div class="verse indent2">A little, by-and-by;</div> <div class="verse">It’s very hard, but sometimes</div> <div class="verse indent2">I <i>almost</i> ’spect I’ll try.</div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">But now they say I’m naughty,</div> <div class="verse indent2">And p’r’aps it’s nearly true;</div> <div class="verse">There are so many naughty things</div> <div class="verse indent2">For little folks to do.</div> </div></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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