| Karl Krinken, His Christmas Stocking Contributor(s): Warner, Susan (Author), Warner, Anna Bartlett (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508639965 ISBN-13: 9781508639961 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1946 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.44 lbs) 142 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wherever Santa Claus lives, and in whatever spot of the universe he harnesses his reindeer and loads up his sleigh, one thing is certain-he never yet put anything in that sleigh for little Carl Krinken. Indeed it may be noted as a fact, that the Christmas of poor children has but little of his care. Now and then a cast-off frock or an extra mince pie slips into the load, as it were accidentally; but in general Santa Claus strikes at higher game, -gilt books, and sugar-plums, and fur tippets, and new hoods, and crying babies, and rocking-horses, and guns, and drums, and trumpets;-and what have poor children to do with these? Not but they might have something to do with them. It is a singular fact that poor children cut their teeth quite as early as the rich, -even that sweet tooth, which is destined to be an unsatisfied tooth all the days of its life, unless its owner should perchance grow up to be a sugar-refiner. It is also remarkable, that though poor children can bear a great deal of cold, they can also enjoy being warm-whether by means of a new dress or a load of firing; and the glow of a bright blaze looks just as comfortable upon little cheeks that are generally blue, as upon little cheeks that are generally red; while not even dirt will hinder the kindly heat of a bed of coals from rejoicing little shivering fingers that are held over i |
