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JOIINNY BLOSSOM
had no more cards so he should have to use this.
With a dark brown paper frame and a red cord
it would not be so bad after all. Johnny Blossom
put his head first on one side and then on the
other and scrutinized the card as a whole. No,
it really was not bad.
For Tellef he would buy some dates — they
were so good — and with this settled, all his
presents were planned.
On the day before Christmas, big, soft
snow-flakes drifted slowly down from a lowering gray
sky. The snow melted as soon as it fell, and from
the sea a raw, wet wind came whining in; but
there might have been worse weather, and
Johnny Blossom, at any rate, was well content.
He was going out to distribute his presents
today. It was so pleasant to take them himself
to the different persons.
First he went to Miss Jorgensen’s, for she
lived nearest, in her own tiny white house. She
was in the kitchen washing dishes when Johnny
Blossom’s little nose showed itself at the kitchen
door.
"Well, well! Is it you?"
Yes, it was he, and would she accept a little
Christmas present? Johnny Blossom held out
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