Dickens Christmas Carol
TOE GOOSE DONE TO A TURN.THE APPLESAUCE, MASHED potatoes AND OTHER THINGS READY FOR THE FEAST, EVERYONE HELPED IN CARRYING THE VIANDS TO THE TABLE.
Adapted by C. D. Vormelker,
Hat last everyone was seated 1 AND MRS. CRATCHXT PLUNGED iTHE CARVING KNIFE INTO THE F savory goose, one murmur OF DELIGHT ROSE ALL AROUND THE BOARD, AND EVEN TINY TIM BEAT UPON THE TABLE WITH THE HANDLE OF HIS KNIFE, AND FEEBLY CRIED “HURRAH!”
WHEN NOTHING BUT BONES REMAINED ON THE PLATTER THAT HAD SO PROUDLY BORNE THE GOOSE, MRS, CRATCHTT DEPARTED, AND RE-ENTERED, BEARING THE PUDDING, HARD AND FIRM. BfcAjaNG.WITH IGNITED BRANDY.
■Taster dinner the family B DREW AROUND THE FIRE. WHERE 808. WITH BEAMING LOOKS, PROPOSED A TOAST: “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO US ALL MY DEARS. GOD BLESS US." “GOD BLESS US, EVERY ONE!” SAID. TINY TIM, THE LAST OF ALL. T 9 fo coßwattg*
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22513, 17 December 1947, Page 6
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151Dickens Christmas Carol Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22513, 17 December 1947, Page 6
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