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Mark twain letters from the moon
Mark twain letters from the moon





mark twain letters from the moon

I will go to the moon and get those things and in a few minutes I will come down the chimney that belongs to the fireplace that is in the hall-if it is a trunk you want-because I couldn't get such a thing as a trunk down the nursery chimney, you know. Then when I say "Good-by and a merry Christmas to my little Susy Clemens," you must say "Good-by, good old Santa Claus, I thank you very much." Then you must go down into the library and make George close all the doors that open into the main hall, and everybody must keep still for a little while.

mark twain letters from the moon

and then you must tell me every single thing in detail which you want the trunk to contain. If you say it was, I shall ask you what color you want the trunk to be. Then you must go up to the nursery and stand on a chair or the nurse's bed and put your ear to the speaking tube that leads down to the kitchen and when I whistle through it you must speak in the tube and say, "Welcome, Santa Claus!" Then I will ask whether it was a trunk you ordered or not. You must tell George he must walk on tiptoe and not speak- otherwise he will die someday. When the kitchen doorbell rings, George must be blindfolded and sent to the door. But I must not see anybody and I must not speak to anybody but you.

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I took to be "a trunk full of doll's clothes." Is that it? I will call at your kitchen door about nine o'clock this morning to inquire. There was a word or two in your mama's letter which. one or two small orders which I could not fill because we ran out of stock. You will find that I made no mistakes about the things which you and the baby ordered in your own letters-I went down your chimney at midnight when you were asleep and delivered them all myself-and kissed both of you, too. But I had trouble with those letters which you dictated through your mother and the nurses, for I am a foreigner and cannot read English writing well.

mark twain letters from the moon

I can read your and your baby sister's jagged and fantastic marks without any trouble at all. I have received and read all the letters which you and your little sister have written me. Palace of Saint Nicholas in the Moon Christmas Morning







Mark twain letters from the moon