The Christmas Stocking.
' Dear Santa Claus,' wrote little Will, in letttera truly shocking , ' I'se been a good boy, so please fill up to the top this stocking. 1 want a drum to make pa sick and drive my mama crazy; I want a doggie I can kick so ho will not £3t lazy. I want a powder gun, to shoob light; at my sister Amiio, and a big trumpet, I can toot just uwtul loud at granny. I want a drelflo big false face, to scare in fit 3 our 1 bnljy ; I want a pony I can race around the pailour, may bo. I want a little hatchet, too, so I can do some chopping upon our grand piano new when mamma goes a-.^hopping. I want a nice haid rubber ball, to smash all into flinders tho great big mirror in the hall an' lots an' lots of xv in do v s. A n ' candy that'll m a k e me a i c k , so ma all nig h b will hold me, an' make pa get the doctor quick an' never try to scold me. An', Santa Claus, if papa says I am naughty, it's a story. Jus' say if he whips me I'll die, and go to kingdom ylory.'
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 245, 10 March 1888, Page 8
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214The Christmas Stocking. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 245, 10 March 1888, Page 8
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