Jack Frost sends his Herald
-3-
without their leaves,
-4-
and just as the World is thinking of skating—
-5-
comes Thaw;
-6-
followed by Fog, in which Lionel begins to look out for Xmas.
-7-
He sees dim and cloudy outlines,
-8-
across a white expanse, dotted with sugar-plums,
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which led him to a little house in a garden of Xmas-Trees.-10-
The door was opened by a stately Turkey,
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supported by attendant sausages
-12-
and followed by Plum pudding
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Mince-pies,
-14-
and a regiment of Crackers
-15-
and a rain of Bon-bons,
-16-
also a Snap-dragon
-17-
St George after him.
-18-
but Lionel gets through them all at last, and is invited by Jack Horner
-19-
to a seat in the chimney corner,
-20-
and a share of the celebrated pie,
-21-
and when the pie was opened
-22-
it stood and flapped its wings!
-23-
A pretty dish to set before two hungry things
Legends for Lionel: in pen and pencil
BY
WALTER CRANE – 1887
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