“HAVING BONFIRES IN THE BACK YARD OF THE PALACE.” [Page 130. CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY AND OTHER STORIES TOLD FOR CHILDREN By W. D. Howells CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY TOLD FOR CHILDREN By W. D. Howells NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1892, by W. D. Howells. Howells All rights reserved. CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS [Pg 3] [Pg 3] CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY. CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY. The little girl came into her papa's study, as she always did Saturday morning before breakfast, and asked for a story. He tried to beg off that morning, for he was very busy, but she would not let him. So he began: “Well, once there was a little pig—” She put her hand over his mouth and stopped him at the word. She said she had heard little pig-stories till she was perfectly sick of them. “Well, what kind of story shall I tell, then?” “About Christmas. It's getting to be the season. It's past
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