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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. This story

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Speaker 1: is about a little girl who is very excited for Christmas.

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Speaker 1: She is hanging her stocking by the fireplace and wishing

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Speaker 1: she could see Santa. As she is about to say

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Speaker 1: her wish out loud, she hears a little voice which says,

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Speaker 1: what do you wish? And she tells the little voice.

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Speaker 1: The little voice tells her to put on some shoes

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Speaker 1: and grab the light, and off she goes. Will she

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Speaker 1: get to see Santa? Little Girl's Christmas? It was Christmas

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Speaker 1: Eve and little Girl had just hung up her stocking

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Speaker 1: by the fireplace, right where it would be all ready

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Speaker 1: for Santa. When he slipped down the chimney. She knew

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Speaker 1: he was coming because well, because it was Christmas Eve,

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Speaker 1: and because he always had come to leave gifts for

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Speaker 1: her on all the other Christmas Eves that she could remember,

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Speaker 1: and because she had seen his pictures everywhere downtown that

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Speaker 1: afternoon when she was out with mother. Still she wasn't satisfied.

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Speaker 1: Weighed down in her heart. She was a little uncertain.

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Speaker 1: You see, when you have never really and truly seen

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Speaker 1: a person with your own fairy, own eyes, it's hard

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Speaker 1: to feel as if you exactly believe in them, even

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Speaker 1: though that person always has left beautiful gifts for you

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Speaker 1: every time he has come. Oh he'll come, said little girl.

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Speaker 1: I just know he will be here before morning. But

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Speaker 1: somehow I wish, well, what do you wish? That a

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Speaker 1: tiny voice close by her, so close that little girl

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Speaker 1: fairly jumped when she heard it. Why I wish I

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Speaker 1: could see Santa myself. I'd just like to go and

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Speaker 1: see his house and his workshop, and ride in his

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Speaker 1: sleigh and meet missus Claws. It would be such fun,

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Speaker 1: and then i'd know for sure. Why don't you go, then,

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Speaker 1: said tiny voice. It's easy enough. Just try on these

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Speaker 1: shoes and take this light in your hand, and you'll

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Speaker 1: find your way, all right. The little girl looked down

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Speaker 1: on the hearth, and there were two cunning little shoes

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Speaker 1: side by side, and a little spark of light close

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Speaker 1: to them, just as if they were all made out

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Speaker 1: of one of the glowing coals of the wood fire.

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Speaker 1: Such cunning shoes as they were, little girl could hardly

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Speaker 1: wait to pull off her slippers and try them on.

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Speaker 1: They looked as if they were too small, but they weren't.

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Speaker 1: They fit exactly right, and just as little girl had

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Speaker 1: put them both on and had taken the light in

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Speaker 1: her hand. Along came a little breath of wind, and

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Speaker 1: away she went up the chimney, along with ever so

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Speaker 1: many other little sparks, passed the soot fairies, and out

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Speaker 1: into the open air, where Jack Frost and the starbeams

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Speaker 1: were all busy at work making the world look pretty

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Speaker 1: for Christmas. Away went little Girl, two shoes, bright light,

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Speaker 1: and all higher and higher, until she looked like a

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Speaker 1: wee bit of a star up in the sky. It

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Speaker 1: was the funniest thing, but she seemed to know the

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Speaker 1: way perfectly and didn't have to stop to make inquiries anywhere.

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Speaker 1: You see, it was a straight road all the way.

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Speaker 1: And when one doesn't have to think about turning to

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Speaker 1: Pretty soon little Girl noticed that there was a bright

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Speaker 1: light all around her, oh, a very bright light, and

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Speaker 1: right away something down in her heart began to make

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Speaker 1: her feel very happy. Indeed, she didn't know that the

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Speaker 1: Christmas spirits and the little Christmas fairies were all around

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Speaker 1: her and even right inside her, because she couldn't see

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Speaker 1: a single one of them, even though her eyes were

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Speaker 1: very bright and could usually see a great deal, but

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Speaker 1: that was just it, and little Girl felt as if

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Speaker 1: she wanted to laugh and sing and be glad. It

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Speaker 1: made her remember the little boy who lived next door,

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Speaker 1: who was not feeling well, and she said to herself

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Speaker 1: that she would carry to him one of her picture

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Speaker 1: books in the morning, so that they could have something

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Speaker 1: to be happy together about. Then, when the bright light

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Speaker 1: all around her had grown very very much brighter, little

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Speaker 1: Girl saw a path right in front of her, all

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Speaker 1: When she had gone just a bit nearer, she saw

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Speaker 1: and everyone burning brightly. So little Girl knew right away

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Speaker 1: that these were Christmas candles, to light her on her

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Speaker 1: journey and make the way clear for her. And something

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Speaker 1: soon she would perhaps see Santa himself. Just as she

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Speaker 1: neared the steps, and before she could possibly have had

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Speaker 1: as wide as could be, and there stood not Santa himself,

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Speaker 1: don't think it, but a funny little man with slender,

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Speaker 1: right away, just as little Girl knew, that he was

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Speaker 1: right away too, that the reason he was so roly

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Speaker 1: poly was because he laughed and chuckled and smiled all

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Speaker 1: the time. Quick as a wink, he pulled off his

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Speaker 1: little peaked red cap, smiled the broadest kind of smile,

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Speaker 1: and said, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Come in, Come in.

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Speaker 1: So in went little Girl, holding tight to the little

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Speaker 1: Man's hand, And when she was really inside, there was

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Speaker 1: the jolliest, reddest fire, all gloe and snapping, And there

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Speaker 1: said their names were Merry Christmas and good Cheer and

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Speaker 1: ever so many other jolly sounding things. And there were

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Speaker 1: she never could count them, no matter how long she tried.

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Speaker 1: All around her were bundles and boxes and piles of

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Speaker 1: toys and games and clothes and fruit, and little Girl

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Speaker 1: knew that these were all ready and waiting to be

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Speaker 1: loaded into Santa's big sleigh for his reindeer to whirl

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Speaker 1: them away over cloud tops and snowdrifts to the little

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Speaker 1: people down below, who had left their stockings all ready

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Speaker 1: for him. Pretty soon all the little good cheer brothers

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Speaker 1: began to hustle and bustle and carry out the bundles

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Speaker 1: Girl could hear the jingling bells and the stamping of hoofs.

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Speaker 1: So little Girl picked up some bundles and skipped along too.

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Speaker 1: Or she wanted to help a bit herself. It's no

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Speaker 1: And there in the yard stood the biggest sleigh that

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Speaker 1: little Girl had ever seen, and the reindeer were all

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Speaker 1: stamping and prancing and jingling the bells on their harnesses

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Speaker 1: because they were so eager to be on their way

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Speaker 1: to the earth once more, she could hardly wait for

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Speaker 1: Santa to come. And just as she had began to

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Speaker 1: wonder where he was, the door opened again and out

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Speaker 1: came a whole forest of Christmas trees. At least, it

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Speaker 1: looked just as if a whole forest had started out

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Speaker 1: for a walk somewhere. But a second glance showed little

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Speaker 1: Girl that there were thousands of Christmas sprites, and that

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Speaker 1: each one carried a tree or a big Christmas wreath

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Speaker 1: on their back. Behind them, all she could hear someone

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Speaker 1: laughing loudly and talking in a big, jovial voice that

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Speaker 1: and straight away she knew that Santa himself was coming.

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Speaker 1: Little Girl's heart went pit a pat for a minute

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Speaker 1: while she wondered if Santa would notice her, But she

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Speaker 1: didn't have to wonder long or he spied her at

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Speaker 1: once and said, bless my soul, who's this and where

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Speaker 1: did you come from? Little girl thought perhaps she might

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Speaker 1: be afraid to answer him, but she wasn't one bit afraid.

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Speaker 1: You see, he had such a kind little twinkle in

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Speaker 1: his eyes that she felt happy right away as she replied, Oh,

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Speaker 1: I'm little girl, and I wanted so much to see

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Speaker 1: Santa that I just came and here I am. Ho ho,

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Speaker 1: laughed Santa. And here you are. Wanted to see Santa,

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Speaker 1: did you? And so you came. Now that's very nice,

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Speaker 1: and it's too bad I'm in such a hurry. Or

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Speaker 1: we should like nothing better than to show you about

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Speaker 1: and give you a real good time. But you see,

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Speaker 1: on my way at once, else I'll never reach that

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Speaker 1: first chimney top by midnight. I'd call missus Claws and

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Speaker 1: ask her to get you some supper, but she is

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Speaker 1: busy finishing Doll's clothes, which must be done before morning,

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Speaker 1: and I guess we'd better not bother her. Is there

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Speaker 1: anything that you would like, little girl? And good old

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Speaker 1: Santa put his big, warm hand on Little Girl's curls,

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Speaker 1: and she felt its warmth and kindness clear down to

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Speaker 1: her very heart. You see that, even though Santa was

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Speaker 1: it was someone no bigger than little Girl. So she

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Speaker 1: smiled back into Santa's face and said, Oh, Santa, if

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Speaker 1: I could only ride down to Earth with you behind

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Speaker 1: those splendid reindeer, I'd love to go. Won't you please

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Speaker 1: still and not bother one bit. Then Santa laughed such

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Speaker 1: her little elves? Shall we take her little fairies? Shall

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Speaker 1: we take her good reindeer? And all the little elves

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Speaker 1: hopped and skipped and brought little girl a sprig of holly,

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Speaker 1: and all the little fairies bowed and smiled and brought

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Speaker 1: jingled their bells loudly, which meant, oh, yes, let's take her.

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Speaker 1: She's a small little girl. Let her ride. And before

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Speaker 1: little girl could even think, she found herself all tucked

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Speaker 1: up in the big fur robes beside Santa. And away

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Speaker 1: they went, right out into the air, over the clouds,

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Speaker 1: and she knew they must be on someone's roof, and

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Speaker 1: How she wanted to go too. You see, if you

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Speaker 1: much as little girl did. Now, wouldn't you. So, just

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Speaker 1: as little Girl was wishing as hard as ever she

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Speaker 1: could wish, she heard a tiny voice say, hold tight

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Speaker 1: to his arm, Hold tight to his arm. So she

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Speaker 1: held Santa's arm tight and close, and he shouldered his pack,

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Speaker 1: never thinking that it was heavier than usual, and with

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Speaker 1: a bound and a slide. There they were, Santa, little Girl, pack,

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Speaker 1: and all right in the middle of a room where

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Speaker 1: there was a fireplace and stockings all hung up for

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Speaker 1: Santa to fill. Just then Santa noticed little Girl. He

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Speaker 1: was very much surprised to find that she had come too.

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Speaker 1: Bless my soul, He said, where did you come from,

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Speaker 1: little girl? And how in the world can we both

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Speaker 1: get back up that chimney again? It's easy enough to

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Speaker 1: slide down, but it's quite another matter to get up again.

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Speaker 1: And Santa looked worried. But little Girl was beginning to

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Speaker 1: feel very tired by this time, or she had had

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Speaker 1: a very exciting evening, so she said, oh, never mind me, Santa.

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Speaker 1: I've had such a good time, and I'd just as

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Speaker 1: soon stay here a while as not. I believe I'll

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Speaker 1: curl up on this hearth rug a few minutes and

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Speaker 1: have a little nap, for it looks as warm and

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Speaker 1: cozy as our own hearth rug at home, and why

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Speaker 1: it is our own hearth, and it's my own nursery.

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Speaker 1: Or there is Teddy Bear in his chair where I

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Speaker 1: And that's the end of our story. Good Night, sleep tight.