Little Sky-High - The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang by Hezekiah Butterworth
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"Sky-High no joke with the mistress. Sky-High no make a lie!" said the
patient Chinaman; "Sky-High, his heart is hurt." XII. A CHINESE SANTA CLAUS. The day before Christmas Lucy came to her mother with a request. "Just one thing, mother! And it isn't more presents--the Good Will tree hangs full!" "Well, then, what is it, Lucy?" asked Mrs. Van Buren. Little Lucy laughed. "A Chinese Santa Claus, mother! Think what a Santa Claus Sky-High would make in his flowing robes of black, yellow, and white all sprinkled over with silver and gold! Nearly all the gifts are Chinese, you know--all but ours for him. Just remember how he looked last summer on Sunday afternoons when the birds flew down to admire him!" Yes, the birds seemed to have felt a curiosity about the little Chinaman when he went out into the garden with the children after Sunday luncheon; for sometimes, on that day, he used to put on garments so splendid that he did not like to show himself above stairs or on the street, and the birds came out of the trees to take a peep at him. One of these garments was a frock of silk covered with golden dragons, lotus-flowers, and |
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