He promised to make two small sleds for the pair of socks
she was knitting.
When the sleds were finished she dyed them red and drew a yellow
horse upon each one. Grandma called them horses, but no one would have
suspected it. Then the night before Christmas she drew on her great
socks over her shoes to keep her from slipping, put on her hood and
cloak, and dragged the little sleds over to Peter and Timmy's house.
She hitched them to the door-latch, and went home laughing all the
way.
MAMA'S HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
It had seemed to the little Wendell children that they would have
a very sad Christmas. Mama had been very ill, and papa had been so
anxious about mama that he could not think of anything else.
When Christmas Day came, however, mama was so much better that she
could lie on the lounge. The children all brought their stockings into
her room to open them.
"You children all seem as happy as if you had had your usual Christmas
tree," said mama, as they sat around her.
"Why, I _never_ had such a happy Christmas before," said sweet little
Agnes.
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