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33 24 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
turbed, I thought I would have a look at what
was going on. Darkness set in early in the
afternoon, and I am not sure but that there
was not some festivity in preparation in the
heavens too at Christmas, for the stars shone so
peculiarly brightly, as if beaming with gladness,
and blinked and winked at each other, and sent
small shooting messengers between each other,
whether charged with love or on errands of
business I knew not, but many and irregular
they were, bustling about for the great festive
occasion in heaven and on earth. Man’s
rejoicings are great upon this birthday of the
Friend of little children, and he lights up
small fir-trees on Christmas-day, as a kind of
child’s response, I suppose, to the bright
illumination above. But though I had lived all my
days in the forest, I had never seen a tree so
lighted up. That would be a Christmas treat
for me, I thought, lone and persecuted as I was.
I was approaching my lair, but thought I
might as well pass the little hut that lay on
my road, to see what kind of preparations
they were making, and to tell you the truth,
I fancied that Anna and her little brother
must be living there, since they evidently were
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