Little Sky-High - The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang by Hezekiah Butterworth
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her caged birds, that always sang very sweetly when she hung it under
the newly-gathered waxy misletoe. From that time on, the little Chinaman dreamed of Christmas. One day he said to Mrs. Van Buren, "You will surely let Sky-High come up-stairs on the night of the Christmas-tree?" "Yes, yes, you shall come up-stairs with us, and you shall hear the Christmas thrush sing under the misletoe." Sky-High's heart fluttered, not at what he hoped to see, but at the thought of the presents that he hoped to make. Shortly before Christmas Mrs. Van Buren went to her little servant to pay him his wages, for he had accepted no payment as yet. "Keep it all for me," he said, as usual; "I will ask for it when I need it." Mrs. Van Buren was very much surprised. "Young people in this country," said she, "think they need a little money before Christmas day to buy presents." "Sky-High needs none. He will make you presents on the Christ Child day. He has them now in his chest." Mrs. Van Buren could not but wonder what the presents would be. Everything that Sky-High did had a surprise in it. All things that came out of the chest were of an astonishing character. |
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