Fairies and the Christmas Child, The

By Gask, Lilian

Book Id: WPLBN0002953585
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File Size: 111.84 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Fairies and the Christmas Child, The
Author:	Gask, Lilian
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Children, Fairy tales
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Fairies and the Christmas Child, The
Historic Publication Date:	1912
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Gask, B. L. (1912). Fairies and the Christmas Child, The. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
The worst of being a Christmas Child[2] is that you don’t get birthday presents, but only Christmas ones. Old Naylor, who was Father’s coachman, and had a great gruff voice that came from his boots and was rather frightening, used to ask how I expected to grow up without proper birthdays, and I thought I might have to stay little always. When I told Father this he laughed, but a moment later he grew quite grave. “Listen, Chris,” he said. And then he took me on his knee—I was a small chap then—and told me things that made me forget old Naylor, and wish and wish that Mother could have stayed with us. The angels had wanted her, Father explained; well, we wanted her too, and there were plenty of angels in heaven, anyway. When I said this Father gave me a great squeeze and put me down, and I tried to be glad that I was a Christmas child. But I wasn’t really until a long time afterwards, when I had found the Fairy Ring, and met the Queen of the Fairies... (Summary by PG)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Children, Fairy tales, Fiction, Teen/Young adult