Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... GOING TO MEET CHRISTMAS. APA," said the Man Mite, "can you hear Christmas? "Can you hear Chnstmas?" repeated his papa. 'Why, I suppose so, in a sort of way. You can hear bells chiming and little boys drumming and little girls blowing horns and people laughing and everybody saying 'Merry Christmas!' I suppose that's hearing Christmas, isn't it?" "But I mean can you hear it before it's here?" asked the Man Mite. "No, I think not," answered papa. "Well, if you can't hear it, how can you tell it's coming? Can you see it coming?" "Oh," answered his papa, "I see what you mean now. Well, how can you tell tomorrow is coming? Can you smell it?'v The Man Mite laughed. "Such a silly papa! To-morrow has to come so that today can be yesterday. You 'splained that to me once yourself." "Yes? Well, Christmas has to come so that next Christmas can be last Christmas." "Oh, papa," cried the Man Mite, "you forgot about this Christmas, but please don't tell me when this Christmas is coming, because I want it to surprise me. I want it to sneak right up and get here when I don't know it." "All right," laughed papa, "I shan't tell, and you can go to bed every night for a week hoping that the next day will be Christmas." Which is exactly what the Man Mite did, and for a night or two it was very exciting, but towards the end of the week he began to grow tired of it. It was all very well to go to bed hoping that the next day would be Christmas, but to wake up every morning and ask "Where is Christmas?" only to be answered with "Christmas is coming!" was very disappointing. One night his papa and mama insisted that he go to bed earlier than usual, so he was very wide awake for a while, and lay there wondering how he could hurry up Christmas. He closed his eyes and...