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    Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories
    Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories
    Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories
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    Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories

    By Sophie May Farman, Ella Farman Pratt and Ellis Towne

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories - Sophie May Farman

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      Title: Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land and other Stories

      Author: Ellis Towne, Sophie May and Ella Farman

      Release Date: May 4, 2007 [EBook #20112]

      [This file was first posted on December 15, 2006]

      Language: English

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      LILL’S TRAVELS

      IN SANTA CLAUS LAND.

      AND OTHER STORIES.

      BY

      ELLIS TOWNE, SOPHIE MAY AND ELLA FARMAN.

      BOSTON: 1878.

      004

      LILL’S TRAVELS IN SANTA CLAUS LAND.

      Effie had been playing with her dolls one cold December morning, and Lill had been reading, until both were tired. But it stormed too hard to go out, and, as Mrs. Pelerine had said they need not do anything for two hours, their little jaws might have been dislocated by yawning before they would as much as pick up a pin. Presently Lill said, Effie, shall I tell you a story.

      O yes! do! said Effie, and she climbed up by Lill in the large rocking-chair in front of the grate. She kept very still, for she knew Lill’s stories were 005not to be interrupted by a sound, or even a motion. The first thing Lill did was to fix her eyes on the fire, and rock backward and forward quite hard for a little while, and then she said, "Now I am going to tell you about my thought travels, and they are apt to be a little queerer, but O! ever so much nicer, than the other kind!"

      As Lill’s stories usually had a formal introduction she began: Once upon a time, when I was taking a walk through the great field beyond the orchard, I went way on, ’round where the path turns behind the hill. And after I had walked a little way, I came to a high wall—built right up into the sky. At first I thought I had discovered the ‘ends of the earth,’ or perhaps I had somehow come to the great wall of China. But after walking a long way I came to a large gate, and over it was printed in beautiful gold letters, ‘Santa Claus Land,’ and the letters were large enough for a baby to read!

      How large that might be Lill did not stop to explain.

      But the gate was shut tight, she continued, and though I knocked and knocked and knocked, as hard as I could, nobody came to open it. I was dreadfully disappointed, because I felt as if Santa Claus must live here all of the year except when he went out to 008pay Christmas visits, and it would be so lovely to see him in his own home, you know. But what was I to do? The gate was entirely too high to climb over, and there wasn’t even a crack to peek through!

      Here Lill paused, and Effie drew a long breath, and looked greatly disappointed. Then Lill went on:

      "But you see, as I was poking about, I pressed a bell-spring, and in a moment—jingle, jingle, jingle, the bells went ringing far and near, with such a merry sound as was never heard before. While they were still ringing the gate slowly opened and I walked in. I didn’t even stop to inquire if Santa Claus was at home, for I forgot all about myself and my manners, it was so lovely. First there was

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