The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-26

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II was Christina, morning lnrm
Jack Squirrel u hls doorway looG
mp oul at white world for the Grrcu
Forest and the Grc,n Meadows wnrn
green no longer luu see ,hr snow Day
deep over them. aud even the great
pine trees. which keep their green
leaves all through The winter were
white. II was all very beautiful very
beautiful indeed Eycrulug smrklrI
mud gli>lcncd in the rays Of jolly,
bright MI. Sun.
Merry Christmas go ruIrrd rough
Brother North Wind ~ he swept past.
Happy Jack shiyercd aud buried his
hands In the fur Of his wnistCOat 10
keep them warm The fact II. lInppy
Jack didn't feel merry hlt II is
hard work tu feel merry when one is
hungry and there Is nothing 10 eat
And Happy JHck was very hungry that
Christmas morning. You see he hadn't
had good meal for several DAYS. The
snow, which made every thing So beau.
tiful had covered deep the nuts he
had hidden In the fall ana then the
surfac" ~ the snow had frozen 50
hard that he couldn't dig through It.
The nuts he had hidden IN a hollow
tree had been found and stolen by
some one And ~ Christmas morning
found Happy Jack anything hut merry
He knew thpt there were others no
better off than himself He had
heard Chntterer the Rcd Squirrel
RcOlding and complaining for all he
could find ~ rat were q few seeds In
the pine cones, which stiI chung 10 the
trees lie knew that Pete. Nihhlt wns
living on bark and huyH rl work
10 gct that because .n, u. tree
trunks were coated ulr u. Mr.,
Grouse was forced to go up to the
Old Orchard for apple buds hecnu,C
there wns nothing else to cat Tom
my Tit and Drummer the Wood prcckri
were almost starving because lee contr
the trees so that they could get at only
very few egg, ana grub, of insects
which you know, ARE their chief fool.
We'll sitting here won't get me
anything to cut muttcrrd Hnppy
Jack, and started down the tr,r. Hail
way down he saw something at the
foot Of the tree that made him stop
and rub his ewes Gould II hcy Could
II really he; Yes. II was q little hrap
Of nuts and bright yellow corn! In /
twlnkllng he was down aud stuff /
ing himself rs fast us ever he could /.
When he could eat no more he smrt,sl I
out to look for his cousin Chattcrrr
the Red Squirrel and when he found /
him he found that CmtDrrrr had hal 7
present of nuts and corn
By and 10y along Amp Peter Rabbit /
ana Peter was feeling very fine lie.
hnd a wonderful tale or q pile ot cah F.
hngc leuNc>. @ carrot md mnr De-
hud found ou the edge uC the dear uUI
lirier Patch Then who should romr
along hui Mrs Grouse. and she told ur .
Finding wheat and corn scattered al'.
about one ot her luvurIlr hiding place, /
"bec. dee dee. chickudco, Tommy |
Tits voice hadn't sounded yu merry |
for doy~ They hurried to the edge
Of the Old Orchard There were Tom
my Tit and Drummer stufflng from
great piece of fresh uci tied to !
one Of the old apple trees. A nuisa
over toward Farmer Browns house |
made them all look that way. There
ON the doorstep stood Farmer Browns |
hoy and he was smiling MS he looked |
toward the Old Orchard aud' the Grcon
Forest Merry Christmas cried
Farmer Browns Roy
Then they knew where an the gool
things had come from. and though
he didn't know II each one wished him
the mcrrlest Christmas he had ever
known.
And this Is how Christmas came IN
the Green Forest.
Next story Sammy jay Finds
Farmer Browns hoy Busy.