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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14786 ***
+
+Up The Chimney
+
+BY
+
+SHEPHERD KNAPP
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+Preface
+
+
+This play is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading.
+It is so arranged that boys and girls can read it to themselves, just
+as they would read any other story. Even the stage directions and the
+descriptions of scenery are presented as a part of the narrative.
+At the same time, by the use of different styles of type, the speeches
+of the characters are clearly distinguished from the rest of the text,
+an arrangement which will be found convenient when parts are being
+memorized for acting.
+
+The play has been acted more than once, and by different groups of
+people; sometimes on a stage equipped with footlights, curtain, and
+scenery; sometimes with barely any of these aids. Practical suggestions
+as to costumes, scenery, and some simple scenic effects will be found
+at the end of the play.
+
+What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what
+sort do we like to see them take part? It should be a play, surely, in
+which the dialogue is simple and natural, not stilted and artificial;
+one that seems like a bit of real life, and yet has plenty of fancy and
+imagination in it; one that suggests and helps to perpetuate some of
+the happy and wholesome customs of Christmas; above all, one that is
+pervaded by the Christmas spirit. I hope that this play does not
+entirely fail to meet these requirements.
+
+Worcester, Mass.
+
+SHEPHERD KNAPP.
+
+
+
+
+The Introduction
+
+
+_Before the curtain opens_, MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and this is
+what she says_:
+
+Good evening, dear children. I see you are all expecting me to show you
+a Christmas Play. Well, I have one ready, sure enough. And now let me
+see, what shall I tell you about it? For one thing it will take place on
+Christmas Eve, and then it will be all about Christmas, of course. The
+first scene will be in the house, where a little girl and a little boy
+live, with their father, who is a doctor, and their mother. It is
+evening and the weather is very cold outside. The little girl and boy
+are writing letters--can you guess to whom they are writing?--and the
+mother is knitting, and the father is reading his newspaper; as you will
+see in a moment for yourselves. So be very quiet, for now it is going to
+begin.
+
+
+
+
+Up The Chimney
+
+
+The First Scene
+
+
+_The curtain opens, and you see a room in a house and four people,
+just as Mother Goose promised. On one side is a fire-place, and notice
+the stockings hanging by it. At the back is a window, looking out into
+the street, but you cannot see anything there, because it is dark out of
+doors. The little girl's name is Polly, but the first one to speak is
+her brother, named_ JACK, _who looks up from his letter and
+says_:
+
+Mother, how do you spell "friend"?
+
+MOTHER _answers_: F, r, i, e, n, d. Have you nearly finished your
+letter, Jack?
+
+Yes, _says_ JACK, _still writing. Then he stops, straightens up
+and says_, There! It's all done. Shall I read it to you, Mother?
+
+Do, MOTHER _answers. And Father puts down his newspaper to listen, and
+Polly stops writing. Mother goes on knitting, because she can knit and
+listen at the same time_.
+
+_So_ JACK _reads_: "Dear Santa Claus, I have been very
+good this year--most of the time; and I wish you would
+bring me a toy soldier. I am very well and I hope you are.
+Your loving little friend, Jack." Is that all right, Mother?
+
+It is a very good letter, _says_ MOTHER; only I thought you were
+going to speak about that pair of warm gloves for Father.
+
+Oh, I forget that, _says_ JACK, _looking a little bit
+ashamed_. I'll put it in a postscript. _So he goes on writing, and
+so does Polly_. JACK _says his words aloud while he writes
+them_: "P.S.--Fa--ather--would--like--a--pair--of--warm--gloves."
+
+MOTHER _looks over at Polly, who seems to have finished, and says_:
+Polly, let us hear your letter.
+
+_So_ POLLY _reads_: "Dear Santa Claus, I am so glad that
+tomorrow is Christmas. We have all hung up our stockings, and I think I
+would like best to have a doll in short dresses. I love you very much.
+Your little friend, Polly. P.S.--I think Mother would like a ball of
+white knitting cotton." I had to put that in a postscript, Mother,
+because I forgot, too.
+
+_And now_ FATHER, _who has been listening all this time,
+says_: Where will you put the letters?--on the mantel-piece or in the
+stockings?
+
+Oh, on the mantel-piece, _answers_ JACK. We always put them on the
+mantel-piece. Don't you remember that, Father?
+
+Yes, I believe I do, now that you speak of it, _says_ FATHER.
+
+_Then the children put the two letters on the mantel-piece, standing
+them against the clock, so that they can be easily seen. While they are
+doing this, some one passes the window, walking along the street, and
+there comes a knock at the door_.
+
+Come in, _says_ FATHER; _and in comes a little woman, rather old,
+and rather bent, and rather lame_.
+
+Why, if it isn't little Nurse Mary, _cries_ FATHER, _and they all
+rise up to greet her. She kisses both the children, and shakes hands
+with Father and Mother._
+
+Here's a chair for you, Nurse Mary, _says_ JACK.
+
+Let me take your cloak and hood, Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY.
+
+_When they were all seated again_, FATHER _says_, I am afraid
+I shall have to give you a little scolding, Mary, for coming out on such
+a cold night. It really don't do, you know.
+
+Now, Doctor John, NURSE MARY _answers_, What do you expect?
+Haven't I seen you every Christmas Eve since you were half the size of
+Master Jack here, and didn't I knit with my own hands the first little
+stocking you ever hung up for Santa Claus, and don't I remember how
+frightened you were that time when we heard the reindeers on the roof,
+and when the handful of walnuts came tumbling down the chimney? And do
+you expect me to stay away on Christmas Eve, like some lonely old woman,
+who never was nurse to any children at all, let alone two generations of
+them? What are you thinking of, Doctor John?
+
+I am thinking, _says_ FATHER _smiling_, that if you hadn't
+come, we should have missed you dreadfully. But tell me, Nurse Mary, how
+are you feeling?
+
+Well, _answers_ NURSE MARY, to speak the truth, Doctor John, I
+think you must give me some medicine.
+
+Medicine? _cries_ MOTHER.
+
+Are you sick, Nurse Mary? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+Yes, Miss Polly, sick, and very sick, too, NURSE MARY _answers_.
+
+But how? _asks_ FATHER. What's wrong? Where is the trouble?
+
+First of all, in my back, Doctor John, _says_ NURSE MARY. Today,
+after sweeping and scrubbing a little, and baking a Christmas cake, I
+just ironed out a few pieces, my best cap and apron, and the likes of
+that, and before I had finished, I give you word my back began to ache.
+Now what do you make of it? And then, my joints--stiff! Yes, Dr. John,
+stiff! How am I to do my work with stiff joints, I'd like to know?
+
+I see, _says_ FATHER, _shaking his head._ This is a serious
+matter. But cheer up, Nurse Mary; I believe I have the very thing that
+will help you. _He opens his medicine case, which stands on the table,
+and takes out a little bottle._ Here it is, _he says_, and let
+me tell you how to take it; for with this medicine that is the most
+important part. You must find some children to give it to you. If you
+take it from grown-up people, it will do you no good at all, so you must
+find a child somewhere, or two would be better, one to pour it out and
+one to hold the spoon--
+
+Oh, let me pour it out, _cries_ JACK.
+
+And let me hold the spoon, _cries_ POLLY.
+
+Why, that will do finely, _says_ FATHER, _and hands Jack the
+bottle._ And now I must go out, _he continues_; for old Mrs.
+Cavendish is sick and has sent for me. It may be quite late, when I come
+home. _He begins to put on his overcoat._
+
+And I, _says_ MOTHER, have some Christmas bundles to tie up. If
+Nurse Mary goes before I come back, will you both go quietly to bed like
+good children?
+
+Yes, Mother, _cry_ POLLY _and_ JACK _together._
+
+Well, good night, then, Mary dear, _says_ MOTHER.
+
+Good night, Nurse Mary, _says_ FATHER. _Then Mother and Father
+both go out, the one to her own room and the other to the street._
+
+Come, Nurse Mary, _says_ JACK, you must take your medicine.
+
+Do you suppose it is very bitter? _asks_ NURSE MARY.
+
+I think it is, _says_ JACK, _looking into the bottle and smelling
+it_. It looks bitter and it smells bitter.
+
+But you mustn't mind that, Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY; because it
+will make you well.
+
+All right, _says_ NURSE MARY. Pour it out.
+
+_Then Polly holds the spoon, and Jack carefully pours the medicine
+into it. Nurse Mary opens her mouth, swallows the dose, and makes a wry
+face, shuddering._
+
+Was it horrid? _asks_ JACK.
+
+Horrid! _answers_ NURSE MARY.
+
+Do you feel better? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+I can't tell yet, _answers_ NURSE MARY. I suppose I must wait a
+little for the medicine to work.
+
+And while we are waiting, _says_ JACK, tell us about when Father
+was a little boy.
+
+_So Nurse Mary sits down, and takes Polly on her lap, while Jack sits
+on a stool at her feet, and then_ NURSE MARY _begins_, When Dr.
+John was a very little boy--
+
+But, Nurse Mary, JACK _says, interrupting_, he wasn't named "Dr.
+John" then, was he?
+
+No, _answers_ NURSE MARY, he was just "Master John" then. Well,
+when he was a very little boy, so that I could carry him upstairs to bed
+without any trouble at all, he was the most beautiful boy you ever saw.
+He had fat rosy cheeks, and fine big eyes, and stout little legs.
+
+Was he big enough to walk, when you first took care of him? _asks_
+POLLY.
+
+No, indeed, _answers_ NURSE MARY; and the first time he ever went
+to a Christmas tree, I had to carry him. I held him up to see the
+candles.
+
+Did he like it? _asks_ JACK.
+
+I think that he was just a wee bit frightened, _says_ NURSE MARY,
+but I'll tell you what he did like. You know the little figures of Mary
+and Joseph and the Christ Child in the manger, that you always set out
+on Christmas Day, with the cows and the sheep standing all about? _The
+children both nod_. Well, when your father saw that, and heard your
+grandparents and all the older brothers and sisters singing "The Carol
+of the Friendly Beasts"--just as you will sing it again tomorrow--he
+held out his hands and danced up and down in my arms. I tell you, I
+could hardly hold him.
+
+Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY, won't you sing us "The Carol of the
+Friendly Beasts" now?
+
+In my old cracked voice? _says_ NURSE MARY. Well, if you will both
+help me, I'll try.
+
+_So the three of them together sing_:
+
+
+THE CAROL OF THE FRIENDLY BEASTS[1]
+
+  Jesus our brother, strong and good,
+  Was humbly born in a stable rude,
+  And the friendly beasts around him stood.
+
+  I, said the cow, all white and red,
+  I gave him my manger for his bed,
+  I gave him my hay to pillow his head.
+
+  I, said the camel, yellow and black,
+  Over the desert, upon my back,
+  I brought him a gift in the wise man's pack.
+
+  I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
+  I carried his mother uphill and down,
+  I carried her safely to Bethlehem town.
+
+  I, said the sheep, with the curly horn,
+  I gave him my wool for his blanket warm,
+  He wore my coat on Christmas morn.
+
+  I, said the dove, from my rafter high,
+  Cooed him to sleep that he should not cry,
+  We cooed him to sleep my mate and I.
+
+  And every beast, by some good spell
+  In the stable dark, was glad to tell
+  Of the gift he gave Immanuel.
+
+
+[Footnote 1: By Robert Davis.]
+
+
+_When the carol is finished_, NURSE MARY _looks at the clock, and
+says_, My dears, it is time we were all in bed, or Santa Claus when
+he comes, will find us awake, and that would never do. So I must be
+going home.
+
+But how do you feel? _asks_ POLLY. Has the medicine done your back
+good?
+
+My back? _says_ NURSE MARY. Why, I had forgotten all about my
+back--not an ache in it.
+
+And your joints? _asks_ JACK.
+
+I wouldn't know I had any joints, _answers_ NURSE MARY. I declare,
+I believe I could dance the Highland Fling. But where is my cloak?
+
+_Then Polly gets the cloak and hood, and helps her put them on, and as
+Nurse Mary goes out at the door_,
+
+Good-night, Nurse Mary, _cry_ JACK _and_ POLLY.
+
+Good-night, my dears, NURSE MARY _answers. And the door closes behind
+her_.
+
+_Now while the children had their backs turned, a funny thing
+happened, for out of the fire-place there stepped, without making a
+sound, a little man dressed all in green. Jack and Polly, when they turn
+about, see him standing there._
+
+Why, who are you? _asks_ JACK, _standing still, but very bravely
+keeping in front of Polly._
+
+_The little green man says never a word, but after waiting a moment
+with his finger on his lips, he beckons to them to come forward, and
+slowly, for they are a little frightened, they obey him. When they are
+quite close, he looks cautiously around, and then draws a large white
+letter out of his pocket, and hands it to Jack. Jack looks at it, and
+shows it to Polly. Then he looks at the little green man, who nods his
+head with a funny little jerk._
+
+Shall I open it? _asks_ JACK. _And the little green man nods
+again. So Jack opens it._
+
+Shall I read it? _asks_ JACK. _And the little green man nods
+again. So Jacks begins to read:_ "My dear Children all over the
+world, I, who write you this letter, am your old friend Santa Claus,
+and how shall I tell you the sad news, for tonight is the night when
+I ought to get into my reindeer sleigh and go about filling your precious
+stockings with Christmas gifts, and I cannot do it because I am sick.
+My back aches like a tooth ache, and every joint in my whole body is
+so stiff that I can hardly move. Old Father Time, who pretends to be
+something of a doctor, says the trouble is that I am growing old--the
+idea of it! I sent him packing about his business, I can tell you. But
+all the same I do feel mighty queer, and that's a fact. And the worst of
+it is that this is Christmas Eve, and here I am shut up indoors in my
+house at the North Pole, and every stocking in the world is hanging
+empty. I cannot bear to have Christmas come and go without any word at
+all from me, so I have gotten my good little friends the gnomes and
+fairies and elves to help me out. They had some old fairy toys, that are
+almost as good as new, and these they are going to carry about to all
+the children; and although these gifts are rather different from what
+you usually receive from me, I hope they will at least keep you from
+forgetting poor old Santa Claus."
+
+_Jack and Polly look sadly at one another, and then at the little
+green man. He reaches out his hand, takes the letter, folds it up,
+replaces it in the envelope, and tucks it away in his pocket. Then he
+brings out two little packages, all in green paper, tied with green
+string, and gives one to Polly and one to Jack. Then, quick as a flash,
+he has disappeared in the fire-place._
+
+Where did he go to? _asks_ POLLY, _after a moment of
+surprise._
+
+Up the chimney, _says_ JACK.
+
+But what has he given to us? _says_ POLLY, _looking at the little
+green package in her hand._
+
+Let's open them, _says_ JACK.
+
+_So the two children untie the strings, and open the papers, and soon
+hold up the things they have found inside. Jack has a pair of spectacles
+with large round glasses and black rims. Polly has a curious little
+brown cap. They look at them in perplexity._
+
+Oh, there is some writing fastened to mine, _says_ POLLY.
+
+And to mine, too, _adds_ JACK.
+
+POLLY _reads:_
+
+  "A fairy wishing-cap am I;
+  So put me on, and away you fly.
+  Wherever you wish, 'tis there you'll be,
+  And quicker than saying three-times-three."
+
+
+_Polly puts the cap on her head. Then_ JACK _reads_:
+
+  "Fairy spectacles are we;
+  Put us on, and you shall see
+  Things you never saw before,
+  Easy as saying four-times-four."
+
+
+_Jack puts the spectacles on his nose, and begins to go about the room
+looking at everything through them_.
+
+Oh, Polly, _he exclaims_, I can see all sorts of queer things. I
+can see what is in the table drawer without opening it, and I can see
+the pictures in the books right through the covers. And oh, Polly, look
+here. _He is looking into the fire-place, when he says this_. I can
+see now how the little green man went up the chimney, for there are
+steps in the side, all the way up. Look at them.
+
+POLLY _looks. Then she says_, I don't see any steps, Jack.
+
+It's the fairy spectacles, Polly, _cries_ JACK. Isn't it wonderful?
+
+Jack! _says_ POLLY _suddenly_, do you know what we must do?
+We must go to Santa Claus, and carry him the medicine that cured Nurse
+Mary's back and joints. You will go first up the chimney, and I will go
+after, stepping just where I see you step, and then at the top I will
+take tight hold of your hand, and with my wishing cap on I will wish to
+be at Santa Claus' house at the North Pole.
+
+Splendid! Let's start this minute, _cries_ JACK.
+
+_Polly takes the spoon, and Jack takes the medicine bottle, and one
+after the other they go up the chimney._
+
+_A moment later_ MOTHER _comes in._ Children, _she begins,
+looking about; but then she continues_, Oh, I see: they have gone to
+bed. _She goes across to the other door and listens. Then she
+says_: Not a sound! They are fast asleep already.
+
+_So she takes the lamp from the table, and carries it out with her,
+leaving the room all in black darkness._
+
+_And that is the end of the First Scene._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Interlude
+
+
+_While the curtain is closed_, MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and this
+is what she says:_
+
+Children, did you see Jack and Polly go up that chimney? Well, as soon
+as they got to the top, Polly took fast hold of Jack's hand and wished
+to be at the North Pole, and away they went flying through the air. They
+have gotten there already, I think. Hark! Yes, they are just going in
+at the gate that leads up to Santa Claus's house, and soon they will be
+knocking at his door. Then you will see them come in, for you will be
+there before they are; and when the curtain opens, as it will in just a
+moment, you will see the inside of the house where Santa Claus lives.
+You must be very quiet for Santa Claus is sick, remember, and a noise
+might make his head ache. Hush! It is going to begin.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+The Second Scene
+
+
+_When the Curtain opens, you again see a room, but quite different
+from the first one. There is a door on one side, and at the back is
+a sort of tall box with closed doors in the front of it, a kind of
+cupboard. On shelves at the sides of the room are some toys and
+packages, and a bag, nearly full, leans against the wall. There are two
+people in the room. One of them, of course, is Santa Claus, but oh, how
+sick he looks. The other person is a woman, you will see, and she must
+be Mrs. Santa Claus. There are two other figures that look a good deal
+like people, but they are only big toys that Santa Claus and his wife
+have been making, a soldier on one side, and a doll on the other._
+
+SANTA CLAUS, _who is sitting, wrapped up in a great blanket wrapper,
+and is leaning his head on his hand, while he holds a cane in the other
+is saying_, What is the use of working any longer, for if I can't
+carry the presents to the children, what is the good of finishing them?
+
+But you might feel better at the last moment, _says_ MRS. SANTA
+CLAUS, _who is tieing a sash on the big doll that stands beside
+her._
+
+That's true, _says_ SANTA CLAUS. Well, I believe I'll finish this
+soldier, then. He's the last one I need to make, and he's all done
+except to have his cheeks painted. I'll get my paint out and finish him.
+
+_So Santa Claus rises up very stiffly and painfully, and hobbles
+across the room to get his paint and paintbrush. Then he sits down again
+in front of the big toy soldier, and paints both its cheeks a fine
+bright red. Just as he is finishing, there comes a knock at the
+door._
+
+Come in, _says_ MRS. SANTA CLAUS. _And in walk Jack and Polly,
+hand in hand, wearing the fairy spectacles and the wishing cap, one
+holding the bottle and the other the spoon._
+
+Donner and Blitzen! _exclaims_ SANTA CLAUS, _laying down his
+brush,_ if it isn't Polly and Jack!
+
+Oh, Santa, _cries_ POLLY, we got your letter and the wishing-cap--
+
+And the fairy spectacles, says JACK.
+
+And we've brought you some of father's medicine, _continues_ POLLY,
+because it made Nurse Mary quite well--her back, you know.
+
+And her joints, _adds_ JACK.
+
+And you have to take it from children, POLLY _goes on._ One of them
+holds the spoon--_Here_ POLLY _holds out the spoon._
+
+And the other pours out the medicine, _says_ JACK, _and with that
+he pours it out._ It's very bitter, _he adds, as Polly holds it out
+for Santa Claus to take._
+
+_Then Santa Claus opens his mouth, and swallows the dose, with a wry
+face and a shudder._
+
+Is it horrid? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+Horrid! _says_ SANTA CLAUS.
+
+But it will make you well, you know, _says_ POLLY _encouragingly._
+Only you have to wait a little for the medicine to work.
+
+And you came all the way to the North Pole, to bring me this medicine?
+_says_ SANTA CLAUS, _looking from Polly to Jack and back to Polly
+again_. How did you get here?
+
+First, we went up the chimney, _says_ JACK, I saw the steps with
+the fairy spectacles, you know.
+
+And then, _says_ POLLY, I held fast hold of his hand, and wished.
+I had the wishing-cap, you see.
+
+But weren't you afraid? _asks_ SANTA CLAUS. When you climbed up the
+black chimney, and when you stood on the top, in the black night under
+the stars, and when you came flying through the air, weren't you
+frightened?
+
+Well, it wasn't much fun, _says_ POLLY, but we didn't know how else
+to get here.
+
+And we knew you were sick, _says_ JACK.
+
+But, _asks_ SANTA CLAUS, what difference did it make to you
+children whether an old man like me was sick or not?
+
+Why, Santa Claus, _answers_ POLLY, we all just love you, you know.
+
+Well, well, _says_ SANTA CLAUS. _Then he lays down his cane on
+the floor, and stretches himself, and stands up, and walks across the
+room without hobbling at all._
+
+How do you feel now? _asks_ JACK.
+
+Feel? _answers_ SANTA CLAUS, _moving more and more briskly_. I
+feel as young as a snow flake; I feel as strong as a northeast blizzard.
+Quick, Mrs. Santa Claus, bring me my fur cap and gloves. There's time
+yet to fill the children's stockings.
+
+_While Mrs. Santa Claus is out of the room_, JACK _says_:
+Santa, I didn't even know there was a Mrs. Santa Claus.
+
+Have you ever been very sick? _asks_ SANTA CLAUS.
+
+We've had chicken pox, _answers_ JACK.
+
+Oh, that doesn't count, _says_ SANTA CLAUS, but some times, when
+children are very sick indeed--or, for days and days--and when they are
+very good and patient, and take their medicine, and never kick the bed
+clothes off, then Mrs. Santa Claus comes in the night, and brings them
+a present, and when they wake up, they find it beside the bed.
+
+Oh, _says_ POLLY, I think she must be almost as good as you, Santa
+Claus.
+
+And besides that, _says_ SANTA CLAUS, who do you suppose dresses
+all the dolls that I put into the stockings? She does, of course. Look
+here at this fine one that she has just finished. To be sure, I make the
+doll part myself, and this one here is a very fine one, if I do say it:
+it can talk. Would you like to hear it, Polly? Just pull that string
+there.
+
+_Polly pulls the string and the_ DOLL, _in a very squeaky voice,
+says_, Ma-ma.
+
+And, by the way, SANTA CLAUS _goes on_, I must put this doll and
+that soldier into the shrinking-machine.
+
+Why, what is that, Santa Claus? _asks_ JACK.
+
+The shrinking-machine? _says_ SANTA CLAUS. That is it, over there.
+_He points to the tall cupboardy thing at the back. Then he goes
+on_. You see it's easier to make toys big, but I couldn't carry them
+that way, for the sleigh wouldn't hold them, and besides they wouldn't
+go into the stockings. So after they are made, I put them into the
+machine, and shrink them. Open the doors, Polly, and we will shrink
+these two.
+
+_So Polly opens the doors, and at a signal from Santa Claus the doll
+and the soldier walk in; but they move in a funny stiff way, because
+they haven't any joints at their knees or elbows._
+
+_Then_ SANTA CLAUS _shuts the doors_. Jack, _say he,_ you
+may turn the crank, if you want. _So Jack turns the crank._
+
+_After a little_ SANTA CLAUS _says_: Stop! _Then he opens
+the door and out walk, in the same funny stiff way, the doll and the
+soldier, only now they are about half as big as they were before. They
+walk down to the front._ SANTA CLAUS _looks at them, shakes his
+head, and says,_ No, you must be much smaller than that. Go back into
+the machine.
+
+_So back the doll and soldier go; and Jack again turns the crank and
+this time, when_ SANTA CLAUS _cries,_ Stop, _and the doors are
+opened, the toys have grown very small indeed, as you can see, when
+Santa Claus holds them up. He puts the soldier into a box, and then puts
+the box and the doll into his bag._
+
+_And now Mrs. Santa Claus comes in with the cap and gloves; and Santa
+Claus puts them on. At the same time sleighbells are heard outside, and
+a stamping of hoofs._
+
+We're off! _cries_ SANTA CLAUS, _taking up his pack._ Come,
+Polly! Come, Jack! I'll stow you away as warm as toast down under the
+buffalo robe.
+
+Good-bye, _cries_ MRS. SANTA CLAUS as _they go out at the door._
+
+Good-bye, good-bye, _they_ ALL _call back._
+
+_Then there is more stamping of hoofs outside, and a great jingling of
+sleighbells, which grow fainter and fainter, as they drive away._
+
+_And that is the end of the Second Scene._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Interlude
+
+
+_Again while the curtain is closed_ MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and
+this is what she says:_
+
+My dears, we must hurry back to the house where Jack and Polly live, for
+Santa Claus's sleigh is going so fast through the sky, that it will be
+there before us, unless we are quick about it. It is still dark night
+there, and nothing has happened since we were there before, except that
+Dr. John has come home from seeing sick old Mrs. Cavendish, and he has
+let himself in with his key, and has felt his way in the dark to his own
+door, and has gone to bed. He and Mother are both fast asleep, and they
+haven't an idea but that Jack and Polly are fast asleep in their beds
+too. But you and I know that they are in the reindeer sleigh with Santa
+Claus. And all the time they are coming nearer and nearer. Listen for
+the sleighbells, for now it is going to begin.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+The Third Scene
+
+
+_When the curtain opens you can see nothing at all at first, for the
+room is all dark, just as Mother left it, you remember, when she went
+out and took the light with her. But after a moment you can hear
+something--the sleighbells far away. Nearer and nearer they come; then
+there is a stamping sound on the roof; then a sort of scrambling sound
+in the place where you know the chimney is; and then Santa Claus, who by
+this time is crouching down in the fire-place, turns the light of his
+lantern into the room. He steps out carrying his pack, and then down the
+chimney come Jack and Polly._
+
+Hush! _says_ SANTA CLAUS, _with his finger at his lips._ Off
+to bed with you both! And don't you dare to open your eyes until the
+day-light comes. It won't be long.
+
+_On tiptoes Polly and Jack go out at the door. Then Santa Claus turns
+to his work. First he reads Polly's letter by the light of his lantern,
+and fills Polly's stocking and Mother's; then he reads Jack's letter and
+fills Jack's stocking and Father's; then he puts out the light so that
+the room is all dark again. You hear him climbing up the chimney, then
+there is a jingling of sleighbells on the roof, which grows fainter and
+fainter, and then all is still once more._
+
+_After a little while you notice that you can see faintly through the
+window at the back, because it is beginning to be daylight. Very, very
+slowly it grows brighter. Then the door, that Jack and Polly went out
+by, opens, and in come the two children in their wrappers._
+
+Is it daylight now? _asks_ JACK, _but he is looking toward the
+fire-place instead of toward the window._
+
+Yes, I think it is, _says_ POLLY, _and she is looking in the same
+direction._
+
+_Then they go on tiptoe to the door of the other room, where Father
+and Mother sleep; they open the door and shout:_
+
+Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_Two rather sleepy voices, from_ MOTHER _first and then from_
+FATHER, _answer:_ Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. _And_ MOTHER
+_continues,_ All right, children; we'll be there in a moment, as soon
+as we have put our wrappers on.
+
+_The children go over to the fire-place, and feel the lumpy stockings;
+and then in come Father and Mother in wrappers and nightcaps._
+
+Oh, _says_ FATHER, old Santa Claus hasn't forgotten us, has he? And
+candy canes are still in fashion, I see; I'm glad of that. Bring Mother
+her stocking, Polly; and Jack, get mine for me. We'll sit down and take
+our time about it.
+
+No fair, Jack, _cries_ POLLY. You're peeking into your stocking.
+I've only felt of mine.
+
+But my thing is in a box, _says_ JACK, so that I can't see anything
+anyway. Oh, let's begin quick.
+
+All right, _says_ FATHER, and ladies first. Mother, you lead off.
+
+Shall I? _says_ MOTHER, _feeling her stocking_. Oh, I know
+what this round thing is: it's an orange. No, it isn't either: it's a
+ball of knitting cotton. Just what I want, and the very kind I use. Now,
+Polly, it's your turn to see what is in the top of yours.
+
+I'm sure I know what mine is, _says_ POLLY, _and then as she
+draws it out._ Yes, it is: it's a doll.
+
+Why, Polly, _cries_ JACK, it's the very same doll that we--
+
+Hush! _says_ POLLY _quickly_. Yes, it's the very same kind of
+a doll I asked for. See, Mother, she has a pink sash. Isn't she lovely?
+
+Now, Jack, _says_ FATHER, I think it is your turn next. What is in
+that box of yours? Slate pencils, probably.
+
+Slate pencils! _says_ JACK, _indignantly_. You know I didn't
+want slate pencils.
+
+But are you sure you will get just what you want? _asks_ FATHER.
+
+Yes, indeed I am, _answers_ JACK, _pulling out the box and
+opening it_, and there it is--a soldier. I knew it would be that,
+because I saw it when--
+
+Hush! _says_ POLLY _quickly_. Father, it is now your turn at last.
+
+And I know all about mine, _says_ FATHER. It is soft and squashy,
+so of course it's a sponge. Now why do you suppose Santa Claus brought
+me a sponge? for my old one is quite good enough.
+
+But it isn't a sponge at all, _cries_ JACK, _who has been peeking
+into the little bundle_.
+
+Not a sponge? _says_ FATHER. But what is it, then? _He opens the
+paper_. A pair of warm gloves, I declare--just what I need. Well,
+Santa Claus is a great old fellow, and no mistake.
+
+_Mother has been turning her head toward the window, as though she
+were listening to something, and now she says:_
+
+Hush! Is that singing that I hear, far away?
+
+_They all listen, and sure enough from some distance can be heard the
+sound of singing voices. The children, nodding their heads, show that
+they hear it._
+
+What can it be? _says_ MOTHER. Why, I know; it's the Christmas
+Waits, of course, singing carols from house to house.
+
+Oh, I wish they would sing in our street, _cries_ POLLY, _and
+runs to the window. Then she exclaims,_ There they are: they are
+coming around the corner.
+
+_The others all go toward the window, and_ JACK _says
+delightedly._ One of them has a fiddle. Oh, I do hope they will stop
+here.
+
+_Then outside the window the Christmas Waits can be seen, all in warm
+caps and mittens and mufflers. They stop just in front of the window,
+hold up their music before them, and begin to sing the dear old carol,
+called_:
+
+THE CAROL OF CHRISTMAS MORNING
+
+  God rest you merry, gentlemen,
+  Let nothing you dismay.
+  Remember Christ our Saviour
+  Was born on Christmas Day.
+
+
+_When the carol is finished_, POLLY _and_ JACK _and_
+MOTHER _and_ FATHER _wave to the Waits, and cry,_ Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_And the_ WAITS _wave back and cry_: Merry Christmas! Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_And this is the end of the Play._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Characters and Costumes
+
+
+MOTHER GOOSE--The conventional costume; full skirt, peaked hat, cane,
+spectacles, mits. It is effective for her to draw her lips tight over
+her teeth so that her speech is that of a toothless old woman.
+
+POLLY--A little girl } first in ordinary indoor clothes;
+                     }
+JACK--a little boy   } afterwards in wrappers.
+
+DOCTOR JOHN--Their father; indoor clothes; also overcoat and hat;
+medicine case; afterwards in a dressing gown.
+
+MOTHER--Doctor John's wife; indoor clothes; afterwards in kimono or
+wrapper.
+
+NURSE MARY--A little old woman; first dressed for outdoors, in cloak and
+hood; simple dark dress underneath.
+
+AN ELF--Acted by a very little boy, dressed all in green; he does not
+speak.
+
+SANTA CLAUS--At first in heavy wrapper, preferably white; underneath
+this his conventional costume; later he puts on fur cap and gloves.
+
+MRS. SANTA CLAUS--Indoor clothes of red and white, corresponding to the
+conventional costume of Santa Claus.
+
+DOLL--Acted by two girls, one much smaller than the other, but both
+exactly alike as to dress, stockings, sash, hair ribbons, and color and
+arrangement of hair.
+
+SOLDIER--Acted by two boys, one much smaller than the other, but
+corresponding as closely as possible in uniform and appearance, except
+that the small one has bright red cheeks from the beginning.
+
+CHRISTMAS WAITS--Boys in outdoor clothes; warm caps, mufflers, gloves or
+mittens; one carries and plays a violin; others hold copies of the carols.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Scenery and Scenic Effects
+
+
+SCENES I AND III.
+
+The stage should contain a table, a little at one side, opposite the
+fire-place, and five chairs, one for each of the family, and the fifth
+for Nurse Mary when she arrives. On the table a lighted lamp. For
+safety, it may be lighted by an ever-ready electric torch. The lighting
+of the stage must, of course, be otherwise provided for.
+
+There should be two doors on opposite sides of the stage, and a
+practicable window at the back, through which in the last scene a view
+of houses or landscape is visible, and the Waits at the close.
+
+As the fire-place is at the side, it is easy to arrange steps by which
+the elf and the children appear to climb up and down the chimney. A box
+or small step ladder, just out of sight on the side toward the front,
+will serve the purpose.
+
+The Carol of the Friendly Beasts may be sung to the following tune:
+
+[Illustration: Music]
+
+There is also another tune composed by Clarence Dickinson. A different
+carol may, of course, be substituted, if desired.
+
+
+SCENE II.
+
+The Shrinking Machine stands at the back of the stage, and must be
+accessible from behind, for the changing of the doll and the soldier.
+There should be doors in front which can be opened wide. At one side
+should be the crank. For this an ice cream freezer will serve, well
+secured in place, only the handle showing through the cambric side wall
+of the Machine. The sound is effective, even though the children in the
+audience will announce its identity at once.
+
+For painting the soldier's cheeks, cranberry juice is both brilliant and
+harmless.
+
+If gifts or candies are to be distributed, Mother Goose may enter again
+immediately after the final curtain, and say something like this:
+
+Well, my dear children, it is all over, and I hope it has pleased you.
+I heard you laugh once or twice, and that makes me think that you must
+have liked it. But there is one more thing to tell you, and this you
+are sure to like very much indeed. You will remember that they had only
+looked at the first things, in the very top of their stockings. Well,
+after the curtain closed, they had time to look at what was left. And
+what do you suppose Father found in the bottom of his stocking, down in
+the very toe of it? A little note from Santa Claus, telling him that
+if he would look into the fire-place he would find there some boxes of
+candy, one for every child in this audience: And sure enough, there they
+were: and if you will sit very still, the curtain will open again, and
+they will be brought out and given to you. And so, my dears, as I bid
+you Good-night, I wish you all (or, I hope you have had) a very Merry
+Christmas and (wish you) a Happy New Year.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h1>
+    Up The Chimney
+</h1>
+<center><b>
+BY
+</b></center>
+<center><b>
+SHEPHERD KNAPP
+</b></center>
+<a name="image-0001"><!--IMG--></a>
+<center>
+<img src="images/illust01.png" width="150" height="191"
+alt="" />
+</center>
+
+<hr />
+
+<a name="h2H_PREF" id="h2H_PREF"><!-- H2 anchor --></a>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Preface
+</h2>
+<p>
+This play is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading.
+It is so arranged that boys and girls can read it to themselves, just
+as they would read any other story. Even the stage directions and the
+descriptions of scenery are presented as a part of the narrative.
+At the same time, by the use of different styles of type, the speeches
+of the characters are clearly distinguished from the rest of the text,
+an arrangement which will be found convenient when parts are being
+memorized for acting.
+</p>
+<p>
+The play has been acted more than once, and by different groups of
+people; sometimes on a stage equipped with footlights, curtain, and
+scenery; sometimes with barely any of these aids. Practical suggestions
+as to costumes, scenery, and some simple scenic effects will be found
+at the end of the play.
+</p>
+<p>
+What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what
+sort do we like to see them take part? It should be a play, surely, in
+which the dialogue is simple and natural, not stilted and artificial;
+one that seems like a bit of real life, and yet has plenty of fancy and
+imagination in it; one that suggests and helps to perpetuate some of
+the happy and wholesome customs of Christmas; above all, one that is
+pervaded by the Christmas spirit. I hope that this play does not
+entirely fail to meet these requirements.
+</p>
+<p>
+Worcester, Mass.
+</p>
+<p style="text-align: right;">
+SHEPHERD KNAPP.
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    The Introduction
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>Before the curtain opens</i>, MOTHER GOOSE <i>comes out, and this is
+what she says</i>:
+</p>
+<p>
+Good evening, dear children. I see you are all expecting me to show you
+a Christmas Play. Well, I have one ready, sure enough. And now let me
+see, what shall I tell you about it? For one thing it will take place on
+Christmas Eve, and then it will be all about Christmas, of course. The
+first scene will be in the house, where a little girl and a little boy
+live, with their father, who is a doctor, and their mother. It is
+evening and the weather is very cold outside. The little girl and boy
+are writing letters&mdash;can you guess to whom they are writing?&mdash;and the
+mother is knitting, and the father is reading his newspaper; as you will
+see in a moment for yourselves. So be very quiet, for now it is going to
+begin.
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Up The Chimney
+</h2>
+<h3>
+The First Scene
+</h3>
+<p>
+<i>The curtain opens, and you see a room in a house and four people,
+just as Mother Goose promised. On one side is a fire-place, and notice
+the stockings hanging by it. At the back is a window, looking out into
+the street, but you cannot see anything there, because it is dark out of
+doors. The little girl's name is Polly, but the first one to speak is
+her brother, named</i> JACK, <i>who looks up from his letter and
+says</i>:
+</p>
+<p>
+Mother, how do you spell "friend"?
+</p>
+<p>
+MOTHER <i>answers</i>: F, r, i, e, n, d. Have you nearly finished your
+letter, Jack?
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, <i>says</i> JACK, <i>still writing. Then he stops, straightens up
+and says</i>, There! It's all done. Shall I read it to you, Mother?
+</p>
+<p>
+Do, MOTHER <i>answers. And Father puts down his newspaper to listen, and
+Polly stops writing. Mother goes on knitting, because she can knit and
+listen at the same time</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So</i> JACK <i>reads</i>: "Dear Santa Claus, I have been very
+good this year&mdash;most of the time; and I wish you would
+bring me a toy soldier. I am very well and I hope you are.
+Your loving little friend, Jack." Is that all right, Mother?
+</p>
+<p>
+It is a very good letter, <i>says</i> MOTHER; only I thought you were
+going to speak about that pair of warm gloves for Father.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, I forget that, <i>says</i> JACK, <i>looking a little bit
+ashamed</i>. I'll put it in a postscript. <i>So he goes on writing, and
+so does Polly</i>. JACK <i>says his words aloud while he writes
+them</i>: "P.S.&mdash;Fa&mdash;ather&mdash;would&mdash;like&mdash;a&mdash;pair&mdash;of&mdash;warm&mdash;gloves."
+</p>
+<p>
+MOTHER <i>looks over at Polly, who seems to have finished, and says</i>:
+Polly, let us hear your letter.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So</i> POLLY <i>reads</i>: "Dear Santa Claus, I am so glad that
+tomorrow is Christmas. We have all hung up our stockings, and I think I
+would like best to have a doll in short dresses. I love you very much.
+Your little friend, Polly. P.S.&mdash;I think Mother would like a ball of
+white knitting cotton." I had to put that in a postscript, Mother,
+because I forgot, too.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And now</i> FATHER, <i>who has been listening all this time,
+says</i>: Where will you put the letters?&mdash;on the mantel-piece or in the
+stockings?
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, on the mantel-piece, <i>answers</i> JACK. We always put them on the
+mantel-piece. Don't you remember that, Father?
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, I believe I do, now that you speak of it, <i>says</i> FATHER.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then the children put the two letters on the mantel-piece, standing
+them against the clock, so that they can be easily seen. While they are
+doing this, some one passes the window, walking along the street, and
+there comes a knock at the door</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Come in, <i>says</i> FATHER; <i>and in comes a little woman, rather old,
+and rather bent, and rather lame</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, if it isn't little Nurse Mary, <i>cries</i> FATHER, <i>and they all
+rise up to greet her. She kisses both the children, and shakes hands
+with Father and Mother.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Here's a chair for you, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+Let me take your cloak and hood, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>When they were all seated again</i>, FATHER <i>says</i>, I am afraid
+I shall have to give you a little scolding, Mary, for coming out on such
+a cold night. It really don't do, you know.
+</p>
+<p>
+Now, Doctor John, NURSE MARY <i>answers</i>, What do you expect?
+Haven't I seen you every Christmas Eve since you were half the size of
+Master Jack here, and didn't I knit with my own hands the first little
+stocking you ever hung up for Santa Claus, and don't I remember how
+frightened you were that time when we heard the reindeers on the roof,
+and when the handful of walnuts came tumbling down the chimney? And do
+you expect me to stay away on Christmas Eve, like some lonely old woman,
+who never was nurse to any children at all, let alone two generations of
+them? What are you thinking of, Doctor John?
+</p>
+<p>
+I am thinking, <i>says</i> FATHER <i>smiling</i>, that if you hadn't
+come, we should have missed you dreadfully. But tell me, Nurse Mary, how
+are you feeling?
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY, to speak the truth, Doctor John, I
+think you must give me some medicine.
+</p>
+<p>
+Medicine? <i>cries</i> MOTHER.
+</p>
+<p>
+Are you sick, Nurse Mary? <i>asks</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, Miss Polly, sick, and very sick, too, NURSE MARY <i>answers</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+But how? <i>asks</i> FATHER. What's wrong? Where is the trouble?
+</p>
+<p>
+First of all, in my back, Doctor John, <i>says</i> NURSE MARY. Today,
+after sweeping and scrubbing a little, and baking a Christmas cake, I
+just ironed out a few pieces, my best cap and apron, and the likes of
+that, and before I had finished, I give you word my back began to ache.
+Now what do you make of it? And then, my joints&mdash;stiff! Yes, Dr. John,
+stiff! How am I to do my work with stiff joints, I'd like to know?
+</p>
+<p>
+I see, <i>says</i> FATHER, <i>shaking his head.</i> This is a serious
+matter. But cheer up, Nurse Mary; I believe I have the very thing that
+will help you. <i>He opens his medicine case, which stands on the table,
+and takes out a little bottle.</i> Here it is, <i>he says</i>, and let
+me tell you how to take it; for with this medicine that is the most
+important part. You must find some children to give it to you. If you
+take it from grown-up people, it will do you no good at all, so you must
+find a child somewhere, or two would be better, one to pour it out and
+one to hold the spoon&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, let me pour it out, <i>cries</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+And let me hold the spoon, <i>cries</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, that will do finely, <i>says</i> FATHER, <i>and hands Jack the
+bottle.</i> And now I must go out, <i>he continues</i>; for old Mrs.
+Cavendish is sick and has sent for me. It may be quite late, when I come
+home. <i>He begins to put on his overcoat.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+And I, <i>says</i> MOTHER, have some Christmas bundles to tie up. If
+Nurse Mary goes before I come back, will you both go quietly to bed like
+good children?
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, Mother, <i>cry</i> POLLY <i>and</i> JACK <i>together.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, good night, then, Mary dear, <i>says</i> MOTHER.
+</p>
+<p>
+Good night, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> FATHER. <i>Then Mother and Father
+both go out, the one to her own room and the other to the street.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Come, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> JACK, you must take your medicine.
+</p>
+<p>
+Do you suppose it is very bitter? <i>asks</i> NURSE MARY.
+</p>
+<p>
+I think it is, <i>says</i> JACK, <i>looking into the bottle and smelling
+it</i>. It looks bitter and it smells bitter.
+</p>
+<p>
+But you mustn't mind that, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> POLLY; because it
+will make you well.
+</p>
+<p>
+All right, <i>says</i> NURSE MARY. Pour it out.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then Polly holds the spoon, and Jack carefully pours the medicine
+into it. Nurse Mary opens her mouth, swallows the dose, and makes a wry
+face, shuddering.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Was it horrid? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+Horrid! <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Do you feel better? <i>asks</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+I can't tell yet, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY. I suppose I must wait a
+little for the medicine to work.
+</p>
+<p>
+And while we are waiting, <i>says</i> JACK, tell us about when Father
+was a little boy.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So Nurse Mary sits down, and takes Polly on her lap, while Jack sits
+on a stool at her feet, and then</i> NURSE MARY <i>begins</i>, When Dr.
+John was a very little boy&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+But, Nurse Mary, JACK <i>says, interrupting</i>, he wasn't named "Dr.
+John" then, was he?
+</p>
+<p>
+No, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY, he was just "Master John" then. Well,
+when he was a very little boy, so that I could carry him upstairs to bed
+without any trouble at all, he was the most beautiful boy you ever saw.
+He had fat rosy cheeks, and fine big eyes, and stout little legs.
+</p>
+<p>
+Was he big enough to walk, when you first took care of him? <i>asks</i>
+POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+No, indeed, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY; and the first time he ever went
+to a Christmas tree, I had to carry him. I held him up to see the
+candles.
+</p>
+<p>
+Did he like it? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+I think that he was just a wee bit frightened, <i>says</i> NURSE MARY,
+but I'll tell you what he did like. You know the little figures of Mary
+and Joseph and the Christ Child in the manger, that you always set out
+on Christmas Day, with the cows and the sheep standing all about? <i>The
+children both nod</i>. Well, when your father saw that, and heard your
+grandparents and all the older brothers and sisters singing "The Carol
+of the Friendly Beasts"&mdash;just as you will sing it again tomorrow&mdash;he
+held out his hands and danced up and down in my arms. I tell you, I
+could hardly hold him.
+</p>
+<p>
+Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> POLLY, won't you sing us "The Carol of the
+Friendly Beasts" now?
+</p>
+<p>
+In my old cracked voice? <i>says</i> NURSE MARY. Well, if you will both
+help me, I'll try.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So the three of them together sing</i>:
+</p>
+<center>
+THE CAROL OF THE FRIENDLY BEASTS<a href="#note-1" name="noteref-1"><small>1</small></a>
+</center>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   Jesus our brother, strong and good, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Was humbly born in a stable rude, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And the friendly beasts around him stood. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the cow, all white and red, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I gave him my manger for his bed, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I gave him my hay to pillow his head. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the camel, yellow and black, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Over the desert, upon my back, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I brought him a gift in the wise man's pack. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I carried his mother uphill and down, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I carried her safely to Bethlehem town. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the sheep, with the curly horn, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I gave him my wool for his blanket warm, </p>
+<p class="i2">   He wore my coat on Christmas morn. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the dove, from my rafter high, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Cooed him to sleep that he should not cry, </p>
+<p class="i2">   We cooed him to sleep my mate and I. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   And every beast, by some good spell </p>
+<p class="i2">   In the stable dark, was glad to tell </p>
+<p class="i2">   Of the gift he gave Immanuel. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<i>When the carol is finished</i>, NURSE MARY <i>looks at the clock, and
+says</i>, My dears, it is time we were all in bed, or Santa Claus when
+he comes, will find us awake, and that would never do. So I must be
+going home.
+</p>
+<p>
+But how do you feel? <i>asks</i> POLLY. Has the medicine done your back
+good?
+</p>
+<p>
+My back? <i>says</i> NURSE MARY. Why, I had forgotten all about my
+back&mdash;not an ache in it.
+</p>
+<p>
+And your joints? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+I wouldn't know I had any joints, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY. I declare,
+I believe I could dance the Highland Fling. But where is my cloak?
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then Polly gets the cloak and hood, and helps her put them on, and as
+Nurse Mary goes out at the door</i>,
+</p>
+<p>
+Good-night, Nurse Mary, <i>cry</i> JACK <i>and</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Good-night, my dears, NURSE MARY <i>answers. And the door closes behind
+her</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Now while the children had their backs turned, a funny thing
+happened, for out of the fire-place there stepped, without making a
+sound, a little man dressed all in green. Jack and Polly, when they turn
+about, see him standing there.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, who are you? <i>asks</i> JACK, <i>standing still, but very bravely
+keeping in front of Polly.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>The little green man says never a word, but after waiting a moment
+with his finger on his lips, he beckons to them to come forward, and
+slowly, for they are a little frightened, they obey him. When they are
+quite close, he looks cautiously around, and then draws a large white
+letter out of his pocket, and hands it to Jack. Jack looks at it, and
+shows it to Polly. Then he looks at the little green man, who nods his
+head with a funny little jerk.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Shall I open it? <i>asks</i> JACK. <i>And the little green man nods
+again. So Jack opens it.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Shall I read it? <i>asks</i> JACK. <i>And the little green man nods
+again. So Jacks begins to read:</i> "My dear Children all over the
+world, I, who write you this letter, am your old friend Santa Claus,
+and how shall I tell you the sad news, for tonight is the night when
+I ought to get into my reindeer sleigh and go about filling your precious
+stockings with Christmas gifts, and I cannot do it because I am sick.
+My back aches like a tooth ache, and every joint in my whole body is
+so stiff that I can hardly move. Old Father Time, who pretends to be
+something of a doctor, says the trouble is that I am growing old&mdash;the
+idea of it! I sent him packing about his business, I can tell you. But
+all the same I do feel mighty queer, and that's a fact. And the worst of
+it is that this is Christmas Eve, and here I am shut up indoors in my
+house at the North Pole, and every stocking in the world is hanging
+empty. I cannot bear to have Christmas come and go without any word at
+all from me, so I have gotten my good little friends the gnomes and
+fairies and elves to help me out. They had some old fairy toys, that are
+almost as good as new, and these they are going to carry about to all
+the children; and although these gifts are rather different from what
+you usually receive from me, I hope they will at least keep you from
+forgetting poor old Santa Claus."
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Jack and Polly look sadly at one another, and then at the little
+green man. He reaches out his hand, takes the letter, folds it up,
+replaces it in the envelope, and tucks it away in his pocket. Then he
+brings out two little packages, all in green paper, tied with green
+string, and gives one to Polly and one to Jack. Then, quick as a flash,
+he has disappeared in the fire-place.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Where did he go to? <i>asks</i> POLLY, <i>after a moment of
+surprise.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Up the chimney, <i>says</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+But what has he given to us? <i>says</i> POLLY, <i>looking at the little
+green package in her hand.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Let's open them, <i>says</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So the two children untie the strings, and open the papers, and soon
+hold up the things they have found inside. Jack has a pair of spectacles
+with large round glasses and black rims. Polly has a curious little
+brown cap. They look at them in perplexity.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, there is some writing fastened to mine, <i>says</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+And to mine, too, <i>adds</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+POLLY <i>reads:</i>
+</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   "A fairy wishing-cap am I; </p>
+<p class="i2">   So put me on, and away you fly. </p>
+<p class="i2">   Wherever you wish, 'tis there you'll be, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And quicker than saying three-times-three." </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<i>Polly puts the cap on her head. Then</i> JACK <i>reads</i>:
+</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   "Fairy spectacles are we; </p>
+<p class="i2">   Put us on, and you shall see </p>
+<p class="i2">   Things you never saw before, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Easy as saying four-times-four." </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<i>Jack puts the spectacles on his nose, and begins to go about the room
+looking at everything through them</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, Polly, <i>he exclaims</i>, I can see all sorts of queer things. I
+can see what is in the table drawer without opening it, and I can see
+the pictures in the books right through the covers. And oh, Polly, look
+here. <i>He is looking into the fire-place, when he says this</i>. I can
+see now how the little green man went up the chimney, for there are
+steps in the side, all the way up. Look at them.
+</p>
+<p>
+POLLY <i>looks. Then she says</i>, I don't see any steps, Jack.
+</p>
+<p>
+It's the fairy spectacles, Polly, <i>cries</i> JACK. Isn't it wonderful?
+</p>
+<p>
+Jack! <i>says</i> POLLY <i>suddenly</i>, do you know what we must do?
+We must go to Santa Claus, and carry him the medicine that cured Nurse
+Mary's back and joints. You will go first up the chimney, and I will go
+after, stepping just where I see you step, and then at the top I will
+take tight hold of your hand, and with my wishing cap on I will wish to
+be at Santa Claus' house at the North Pole.
+</p>
+<p>
+Splendid! Let's start this minute, <i>cries</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Polly takes the spoon, and Jack takes the medicine bottle, and one
+after the other they go up the chimney.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>A moment later</i> MOTHER <i>comes in.</i> Children, <i>she begins,
+looking about; but then she continues</i>, Oh, I see: they have gone to
+bed. <i>She goes across to the other door and listens. Then she
+says</i>: Not a sound! They are fast asleep already.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So she takes the lamp from the table, and carries it out with her,
+leaving the room all in black darkness.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And that is the end of the First Scene.</i>
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Interlude
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>While the curtain is closed</i>, MOTHER GOOSE <i>comes out, and this
+is what she says:</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Children, did you see Jack and Polly go up that chimney? Well, as soon
+as they got to the top, Polly took fast hold of Jack's hand and wished
+to be at the North Pole, and away they went flying through the air. They
+have gotten there already, I think. Hark! Yes, they are just going in
+at the gate that leads up to Santa Claus's house, and soon they will be
+knocking at his door. Then you will see them come in, for you will be
+there before they are; and when the curtain opens, as it will in just a
+moment, you will see the inside of the house where Santa Claus lives.
+You must be very quiet for Santa Claus is sick, remember, and a noise
+might make his head ache. Hush! It is going to begin.
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    The Second Scene
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>When the Curtain opens, you again see a room, but quite different
+from the first one. There is a door on one side, and at the back is
+a sort of tall box with closed doors in the front of it, a kind of
+cupboard. On shelves at the sides of the room are some toys and
+packages, and a bag, nearly full, leans against the wall. There are two
+people in the room. One of them, of course, is Santa Claus, but oh, how
+sick he looks. The other person is a woman, you will see, and she must
+be Mrs. Santa Claus. There are two other figures that look a good deal
+like people, but they are only big toys that Santa Claus and his wife
+have been making, a soldier on one side, and a doll on the other.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+SANTA CLAUS, <i>who is sitting, wrapped up in a great blanket wrapper,
+and is leaning his head on his hand, while he holds a cane in the other
+is saying</i>, What is the use of working any longer, for if I can't
+carry the presents to the children, what is the good of finishing them?
+</p>
+<p>
+But you might feel better at the last moment, <i>says</i> MRS. SANTA
+CLAUS, <i>who is tieing a sash on the big doll that stands beside
+her.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+That's true, <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS. Well, I believe I'll finish this
+soldier, then. He's the last one I need to make, and he's all done
+except to have his cheeks painted. I'll get my paint out and finish him.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So Santa Claus rises up very stiffly and painfully, and hobbles
+across the room to get his paint and paintbrush. Then he sits down again
+in front of the big toy soldier, and paints both its cheeks a fine
+bright red. Just as he is finishing, there comes a knock at the
+door.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Come in, <i>says</i> MRS. SANTA CLAUS. <i>And in walk Jack and Polly,
+hand in hand, wearing the fairy spectacles and the wishing cap, one
+holding the bottle and the other the spoon.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Donner and Blitzen! <i>exclaims</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>laying down his
+brush,</i> if it isn't Polly and Jack!
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, Santa, <i>cries</i> POLLY, we got your letter and the wishing-cap&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+And the fairy spectacles, says JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+And we've brought you some of father's medicine, <i>continues</i> POLLY,
+because it made Nurse Mary quite well&mdash;her back, you know.
+</p>
+<p>
+And her joints, <i>adds</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+And you have to take it from children, POLLY <i>goes on.</i> One of them
+holds the spoon&mdash;<i>Here</i> POLLY <i>holds out the spoon.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+And the other pours out the medicine, <i>says</i> JACK, <i>and with that
+he pours it out.</i> It's very bitter, <i>he adds, as Polly holds it out
+for Santa Claus to take.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then Santa Claus opens his mouth, and swallows the dose, with a wry
+face and a shudder.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Is it horrid? <i>asks</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Horrid! <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS.
+</p>
+<p>
+But it will make you well, you know, <i>says</i> POLLY <i>encouragingly.</i>
+Only you have to wait a little for the medicine to work.
+</p>
+<p>
+And you came all the way to the North Pole, to bring me this medicine?
+<i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>looking from Polly to Jack and back to Polly
+again</i>. How did you get here?
+</p>
+<p>
+First, we went up the chimney, <i>says</i> JACK, I saw the steps with
+the fairy spectacles, you know.
+</p>
+<p>
+And then, <i>says</i> POLLY, I held fast hold of his hand, and wished.
+I had the wishing-cap, you see.
+</p>
+<p>
+But weren't you afraid? <i>asks</i> SANTA CLAUS. When you climbed up the
+black chimney, and when you stood on the top, in the black night under
+the stars, and when you came flying through the air, weren't you
+frightened?
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, it wasn't much fun, <i>says</i> POLLY, but we didn't know how else
+to get here.
+</p>
+<p>
+And we knew you were sick, <i>says</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+But, <i>asks</i> SANTA CLAUS, what difference did it make to you
+children whether an old man like me was sick or not?
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, Santa Claus, <i>answers</i> POLLY, we all just love you, you know.
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, well, <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS. <i>Then he lays down his cane on
+the floor, and stretches himself, and stands up, and walks across the
+room without hobbling at all.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+How do you feel now? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+Feel? <i>answers</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>moving more and more briskly</i>. I
+feel as young as a snow flake; I feel as strong as a northeast blizzard.
+Quick, Mrs. Santa Claus, bring me my fur cap and gloves. There's time
+yet to fill the children's stockings.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>While Mrs. Santa Claus is out of the room</i>, JACK <i>says</i>:
+Santa, I didn't even know there was a Mrs. Santa Claus.
+</p>
+<p>
+Have you ever been very sick? <i>asks</i> SANTA CLAUS.
+</p>
+<p>
+We've had chicken pox, <i>answers</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, that doesn't count, <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS, but some times, when
+children are very sick indeed&mdash;or, for days and days&mdash;and when they are
+very good and patient, and take their medicine, and never kick the bed
+clothes off, then Mrs. Santa Claus comes in the night, and brings them
+a present, and when they wake up, they find it beside the bed.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, <i>says</i> POLLY, I think she must be almost as good as you, Santa
+Claus.
+</p>
+<p>
+And besides that, <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS, who do you suppose dresses
+all the dolls that I put into the stockings? She does, of course. Look
+here at this fine one that she has just finished. To be sure, I make the
+doll part myself, and this one here is a very fine one, if I do say it:
+it can talk. Would you like to hear it, Polly? Just pull that string
+there.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Polly pulls the string and the</i> DOLL, <i>in a very squeaky voice,
+says</i>, Ma-ma.
+</p>
+<p>
+And, by the way, SANTA CLAUS <i>goes on</i>, I must put this doll and
+that soldier into the shrinking-machine.
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, what is that, Santa Claus? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+The shrinking-machine? <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS. That is it, over there.
+<i>He points to the tall cupboardy thing at the back. Then he goes
+on</i>. You see it's easier to make toys big, but I couldn't carry them
+that way, for the sleigh wouldn't hold them, and besides they wouldn't
+go into the stockings. So after they are made, I put them into the
+machine, and shrink them. Open the doors, Polly, and we will shrink
+these two.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So Polly opens the doors, and at a signal from Santa Claus the doll
+and the soldier walk in; but they move in a funny stiff way, because
+they haven't any joints at their knees or elbows.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then</i> SANTA CLAUS <i>shuts the doors</i>. Jack, <i>say he,</i> you
+may turn the crank, if you want. <i>So Jack turns the crank.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>After a little</i> SANTA CLAUS <i>says</i>: Stop! <i>Then he opens
+the door and out walk, in the same funny stiff way, the doll and the
+soldier, only now they are about half as big as they were before. They
+walk down to the front.</i> SANTA CLAUS <i>looks at them, shakes his
+head, and says,</i> No, you must be much smaller than that. Go back into
+the machine.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So back the doll and soldier go; and Jack again turns the crank and
+this time, when</i> SANTA CLAUS <i>cries,</i> Stop, <i>and the doors are
+opened, the toys have grown very small indeed, as you can see, when
+Santa Claus holds them up. He puts the soldier into a box, and then puts
+the box and the doll into his bag.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And now Mrs. Santa Claus comes in with the cap and gloves; and Santa
+Claus puts them on. At the same time sleighbells are heard outside, and
+a stamping of hoofs.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+We're off! <i>cries</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>taking up his pack.</i> Come,
+Polly! Come, Jack! I'll stow you away as warm as toast down under the
+buffalo robe.
+</p>
+<p>
+Good-bye, <i>cries</i> MRS. SANTA CLAUS as <i>they go out at the door.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Good-bye, good-bye, <i>they</i> ALL <i>call back.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then there is more stamping of hoofs outside, and a great jingling of
+sleighbells, which grow fainter and fainter, as they drive away.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And that is the end of the Second Scene.</i>
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Interlude
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>Again while the curtain is closed</i> MOTHER GOOSE <i>comes out, and
+this is what she says:</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+My dears, we must hurry back to the house where Jack and Polly live, for
+Santa Claus's sleigh is going so fast through the sky, that it will be
+there before us, unless we are quick about it. It is still dark night
+there, and nothing has happened since we were there before, except that
+Dr. John has come home from seeing sick old Mrs. Cavendish, and he has
+let himself in with his key, and has felt his way in the dark to his own
+door, and has gone to bed. He and Mother are both fast asleep, and they
+haven't an idea but that Jack and Polly are fast asleep in their beds
+too. But you and I know that they are in the reindeer sleigh with Santa
+Claus. And all the time they are coming nearer and nearer. Listen for
+the sleighbells, for now it is going to begin.
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    The Third Scene
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>When the curtain opens you can see nothing at all at first, for the
+room is all dark, just as Mother left it, you remember, when she went
+out and took the light with her. But after a moment you can hear
+something&mdash;the sleighbells far away. Nearer and nearer they come; then
+there is a stamping sound on the roof; then a sort of scrambling sound
+in the place where you know the chimney is; and then Santa Claus, who by
+this time is crouching down in the fire-place, turns the light of his
+lantern into the room. He steps out carrying his pack, and then down the
+chimney come Jack and Polly.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Hush! <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>with his finger at his lips.</i> Off
+to bed with you both! And don't you dare to open your eyes until the
+day-light comes. It won't be long.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>On tiptoes Polly and Jack go out at the door. Then Santa Claus turns
+to his work. First he reads Polly's letter by the light of his lantern,
+and fills Polly's stocking and Mother's; then he reads Jack's letter and
+fills Jack's stocking and Father's; then he puts out the light so that
+the room is all dark again. You hear him climbing up the chimney, then
+there is a jingling of sleighbells on the roof, which grows fainter and
+fainter, and then all is still once more.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>After a little while you notice that you can see faintly through the
+window at the back, because it is beginning to be daylight. Very, very
+slowly it grows brighter. Then the door, that Jack and Polly went out
+by, opens, and in come the two children in their wrappers.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Is it daylight now? <i>asks</i> JACK, <i>but he is looking toward the
+fire-place instead of toward the window.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, I think it is, <i>says</i> POLLY, <i>and she is looking in the same
+direction.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then they go on tiptoe to the door of the other room, where Father
+and Mother sleep; they open the door and shout:</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Two rather sleepy voices, from</i> MOTHER <i>first and then from</i>
+FATHER, <i>answer:</i> Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. <i>And</i>
+MOTHER <i>continues,</i> All right, children; we'll be there in a
+moment, as soon as we have put our wrappers on.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>The children go over to the fire-place, and feel the lumpy stockings;
+and then in come Father and Mother in wrappers and nightcaps.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, <i>says</i> FATHER, old Santa Claus hasn't forgotten us, has he? And
+candy canes are still in fashion, I see; I'm glad of that. Bring Mother
+her stocking, Polly; and Jack, get mine for me. We'll sit down and take
+our time about it.
+</p>
+<p>
+No fair, Jack, <i>cries</i> POLLY. You're peeking into your stocking.
+I've only felt of mine.
+</p>
+<p>
+But my thing is in a box, <i>says</i> JACK, so that I can't see anything
+anyway. Oh, let's begin quick.
+</p>
+<p>
+All right, <i>says</i> FATHER, and ladies first. Mother, you lead off.
+</p>
+<p>
+Shall I? <i>says</i> MOTHER, <i>feeling her stocking</i>. Oh, I know
+what this round thing is: it's an orange. No, it isn't either: it's a
+ball of knitting cotton. Just what I want, and the very kind I use. Now,
+Polly, it's your turn to see what is in the top of yours.
+</p>
+<p>
+I'm sure I know what mine is, <i>says</i> POLLY, <i>and then as she
+draws it out.</i> Yes, it is: it's a doll.
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, Polly, <i>cries</i> JACK, it's the very same doll that we&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+Hush! <i>says</i> POLLY <i>quickly</i>. Yes, it's the very same kind of
+a doll I asked for. See, Mother, she has a pink sash. Isn't she lovely?
+</p>
+<p>
+Now, Jack, <i>says</i> FATHER, I think it is your turn next. What is in
+that box of yours? Slate pencils, probably.
+</p>
+<p>
+Slate pencils! <i>says</i> JACK, <i>indignantly</i>. You know I didn't
+want slate pencils.
+</p>
+<p>
+But are you sure you will get just what you want? <i>asks</i> FATHER.
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, indeed I am, <i>answers</i> JACK, <i>pulling out the box and
+opening it</i>, and there it is&mdash;a soldier. I knew it would be that,
+because I saw it when&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+Hush! <i>says</i> POLLY <i>quickly</i>. Father, it is now your turn at last.
+</p>
+<p>
+And I know all about mine, <i>says</i> FATHER. It is soft and squashy,
+so of course it's a sponge. Now why do you suppose Santa Claus brought
+me a sponge? for my old one is quite good enough.
+</p>
+<p>
+But it isn't a sponge at all, <i>cries</i> JACK, <i>who has been peeking
+into the little bundle</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Not a sponge? <i>says</i> FATHER. But what is it, then? <i>He opens the
+paper</i>. A pair of warm gloves, I declare&mdash;just what I need. Well,
+Santa Claus is a great old fellow, and no mistake.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Mother has been turning her head toward the window, as though she
+were listening to something, and now she says:</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Hush! Is that singing that I hear, far away?
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>They all listen, and sure enough from some distance can be heard the
+sound of singing voices. The children, nodding their heads, show that
+they hear it.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+What can it be? <i>says</i> MOTHER. Why, I know; it's the Christmas
+Waits, of course, singing carols from house to house.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, I wish they would sing in our street, <i>cries</i> POLLY, <i>and
+runs to the window. Then she exclaims,</i> There they are: they are
+coming around the corner.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>The others all go toward the window, and</i> JACK <i>says
+delightedly.</i> One of them has a fiddle. Oh, I do hope they will stop
+here.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then outside the window the Christmas Waits can be seen, all in warm
+caps and mittens and mufflers. They stop just in front of the window,
+hold up their music before them, and begin to sing the dear old carol,
+called</i>:
+</p>
+<center>
+THE CAROL OF CHRISTMAS MORNING
+</center>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   God rest you merry, gentlemen, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Let nothing you dismay. </p>
+<p class="i2">   Remember Christ our Saviour </p>
+<p class="i2">   Was born on Christmas Day. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<i>When the carol is finished</i>, POLLY <i>and</i> JACK <i>and</i>
+MOTHER <i>and</i> FATHER <i>wave to the Waits, and cry,</i> Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And the</i> WAITS <i>wave back and cry</i>: Merry Christmas! Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And this is the end of the Play.</i>
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Characters and Costumes
+</h2>
+<p>
+MOTHER GOOSE&mdash;The conventional costume; full skirt, peaked hat, cane,
+spectacles, mits. It is effective for her to draw her lips tight over
+her teeth so that her speech is that of a toothless old woman.
+</p>
+<p>
+POLLY&mdash;A little girl, and;
+JACK&mdash;a little boy&mdash;first in ordinary indoor clothes; afterwards in wrappers.
+</p>
+<p>
+DOCTOR JOHN&mdash;Their father; indoor clothes; also overcoat and hat;
+medicine case; afterwards in a dressing gown.
+</p>
+<p>
+MOTHER&mdash;Doctor John's wife; indoor clothes; afterwards in kimono or
+wrapper.
+</p>
+<p>
+NURSE MARY&mdash;A little old woman; first dressed for outdoors, in cloak and
+hood; simple dark dress underneath.
+</p>
+<p>
+AN ELF&mdash;Acted by a very little boy, dressed all in green; he does not
+speak.
+</p>
+<p>
+SANTA CLAUS&mdash;At first in heavy wrapper, preferably white; underneath
+this his conventional costume; later he puts on fur cap and gloves.
+</p>
+<p>
+MRS. SANTA CLAUS&mdash;Indoor clothes of red and white, corresponding to the
+conventional costume of Santa Claus.
+</p>
+<p>
+DOLL&mdash;Acted by two girls, one much smaller than the other, but both
+exactly alike as to dress, stockings, sash, hair ribbons, and color and
+arrangement of hair.
+</p>
+<p>
+SOLDIER&mdash;Acted by two boys, one much smaller than the other, but
+corresponding as closely as possible in uniform and appearance, except
+that the small one has bright red cheeks from the beginning.
+</p>
+<p>
+CHRISTMAS WAITS&mdash;Boys in outdoor clothes; warm caps, mufflers, gloves or
+mittens; one carries and plays a violin; others hold copies of the carols.
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Scenery and Scenic Effects
+</h2>
+<h3>
+SCENES I AND III.
+</h3>
+<p>
+The stage should contain a table, a little at one side, opposite the
+fire-place, and five chairs, one for each of the family, and the fifth
+for Nurse Mary when she arrives. On the table a lighted lamp. For
+safety, it may be lighted by an ever-ready electric torch. The lighting
+of the stage must, of course, be otherwise provided for.
+</p>
+<p>
+There should be two doors on opposite sides of the stage, and a
+practicable window at the back, through which in the last scene a view
+of houses or landscape is visible, and the Waits at the close.
+</p>
+<p>
+As the fire-place is at the side, it is easy to arrange steps by which
+the elf and the children appear to climb up and down the chimney. A box
+or small step ladder, just out of sight on the side toward the front,
+will serve the purpose.
+</p>
+<p>
+The Carol of the Friendly Beasts may be sung to the following tune:
+</p>
+
+<a name="image-0002"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure" style="width: 100%;">
+<a href="images/music1.png"><img width="100%" src="images/music1.png"
+alt="Sheet Music" /></a><br />
+[<a href="midi/music.midi">Click to hear a MIDI of this tune.</a>]<br />
+[<a href="images/music.png">Click to see the original sheet music.</a>]<br />
+</div>
+
+<p>
+There is also another tune composed by Clarence Dickinson. A different
+carol may, of course, be substituted, if desired.
+</p>
+<h3>
+SCENE II.
+</h3>
+<p>
+The Shrinking Machine stands at the back of the stage, and must be
+accessible from behind, for the changing of the doll and the soldier.
+There should be doors in front which can be opened wide. At one side
+should be the crank. For this an ice cream freezer will serve, well
+secured in place, only the handle showing through the cambric side wall
+of the Machine. The sound is effective, even though the children in the
+audience will announce its identity at once.
+</p>
+<p>
+For painting the soldier's cheeks, cranberry juice is both brilliant and
+harmless.
+</p>
+<p>
+If gifts or candies are to be distributed, Mother Goose may enter again
+immediately after the final curtain, and say something like this:
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, my dear children, it is all over, and I hope it has pleased you.
+I heard you laugh once or twice, and that makes me think that you must
+have liked it. But there is one more thing to tell you, and this you
+are sure to like very much indeed. You will remember that they had only
+looked at the first things, in the very top of their stockings. Well,
+after the curtain closed, they had time to look at what was left. And
+what do you suppose Father found in the bottom of his stocking, down in
+the very toe of it? A little note from Santa Claus, telling him that
+if he would look into the fire-place he would find there some boxes of
+candy, one for every child in this audience: And sure enough, there they
+were: and if you will sit very still, the curtain will open again, and
+they will be brought out and given to you. And so, my dears, as I bid
+you Good-night, I wish you all (or, I hope you have had) a very Merry
+Christmas and (wish you) a Happy New Year.
+</p>
+
+
+<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<a name="note-1"><!--Note--></a>
+<p class="foot">
+<u>1</u> (<a href="#noteref-1">return</a>)<br />
+By Robert Davis.
+</p>
+
+
+
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+
+<pre>
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Up the Chimney, by Shepherd Knapp
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+Title: Up the Chimney
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+Author: Shepherd Knapp
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+Release Date: January 24, 2005 [EBook #14786]
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+Up The Chimney
+
+BY
+
+SHEPHERD KNAPP
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+Preface
+
+
+This play is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading.
+It is so arranged that boys and girls can read it to themselves, just
+as they would read any other story. Even the stage directions and the
+descriptions of scenery are presented as a part of the narrative.
+At the same time, by the use of different styles of type, the speeches
+of the characters are clearly distinguished from the rest of the text,
+an arrangement which will be found convenient when parts are being
+memorized for acting.
+
+The play has been acted more than once, and by different groups of
+people; sometimes on a stage equipped with footlights, curtain, and
+scenery; sometimes with barely any of these aids. Practical suggestions
+as to costumes, scenery, and some simple scenic effects will be found
+at the end of the play.
+
+What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what
+sort do we like to see them take part? It should be a play, surely, in
+which the dialogue is simple and natural, not stilted and artificial;
+one that seems like a bit of real life, and yet has plenty of fancy and
+imagination in it; one that suggests and helps to perpetuate some of
+the happy and wholesome customs of Christmas; above all, one that is
+pervaded by the Christmas spirit. I hope that this play does not
+entirely fail to meet these requirements.
+
+Worcester, Mass.
+
+SHEPHERD KNAPP.
+
+
+
+
+The Introduction
+
+
+_Before the curtain opens_, MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and this is
+what she says_:
+
+Good evening, dear children. I see you are all expecting me to show you
+a Christmas Play. Well, I have one ready, sure enough. And now let me
+see, what shall I tell you about it? For one thing it will take place on
+Christmas Eve, and then it will be all about Christmas, of course. The
+first scene will be in the house, where a little girl and a little boy
+live, with their father, who is a doctor, and their mother. It is
+evening and the weather is very cold outside. The little girl and boy
+are writing letters--can you guess to whom they are writing?--and the
+mother is knitting, and the father is reading his newspaper; as you will
+see in a moment for yourselves. So be very quiet, for now it is going to
+begin.
+
+
+
+
+Up The Chimney
+
+
+The First Scene
+
+
+_The curtain opens, and you see a room in a house and four people,
+just as Mother Goose promised. On one side is a fire-place, and notice
+the stockings hanging by it. At the back is a window, looking out into
+the street, but you cannot see anything there, because it is dark out of
+doors. The little girl's name is Polly, but the first one to speak is
+her brother, named_ JACK, _who looks up from his letter and
+says_:
+
+Mother, how do you spell "friend"?
+
+MOTHER _answers_: F, r, i, e, n, d. Have you nearly finished your
+letter, Jack?
+
+Yes, _says_ JACK, _still writing. Then he stops, straightens up
+and says_, There! It's all done. Shall I read it to you, Mother?
+
+Do, MOTHER _answers. And Father puts down his newspaper to listen, and
+Polly stops writing. Mother goes on knitting, because she can knit and
+listen at the same time_.
+
+_So_ JACK _reads_: "Dear Santa Claus, I have been very
+good this year--most of the time; and I wish you would
+bring me a toy soldier. I am very well and I hope you are.
+Your loving little friend, Jack." Is that all right, Mother?
+
+It is a very good letter, _says_ MOTHER; only I thought you were
+going to speak about that pair of warm gloves for Father.
+
+Oh, I forget that, _says_ JACK, _looking a little bit
+ashamed_. I'll put it in a postscript. _So he goes on writing, and
+so does Polly_. JACK _says his words aloud while he writes
+them_: "P.S.--Fa--ather--would--like--a--pair--of--warm--gloves."
+
+MOTHER _looks over at Polly, who seems to have finished, and says_:
+Polly, let us hear your letter.
+
+_So_ POLLY _reads_: "Dear Santa Claus, I am so glad that
+tomorrow is Christmas. We have all hung up our stockings, and I think I
+would like best to have a doll in short dresses. I love you very much.
+Your little friend, Polly. P.S.--I think Mother would like a ball of
+white knitting cotton." I had to put that in a postscript, Mother,
+because I forgot, too.
+
+_And now_ FATHER, _who has been listening all this time,
+says_: Where will you put the letters?--on the mantel-piece or in the
+stockings?
+
+Oh, on the mantel-piece, _answers_ JACK. We always put them on the
+mantel-piece. Don't you remember that, Father?
+
+Yes, I believe I do, now that you speak of it, _says_ FATHER.
+
+_Then the children put the two letters on the mantel-piece, standing
+them against the clock, so that they can be easily seen. While they are
+doing this, some one passes the window, walking along the street, and
+there comes a knock at the door_.
+
+Come in, _says_ FATHER; _and in comes a little woman, rather old,
+and rather bent, and rather lame_.
+
+Why, if it isn't little Nurse Mary, _cries_ FATHER, _and they all
+rise up to greet her. She kisses both the children, and shakes hands
+with Father and Mother._
+
+Here's a chair for you, Nurse Mary, _says_ JACK.
+
+Let me take your cloak and hood, Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY.
+
+_When they were all seated again_, FATHER _says_, I am afraid
+I shall have to give you a little scolding, Mary, for coming out on such
+a cold night. It really don't do, you know.
+
+Now, Doctor John, NURSE MARY _answers_, What do you expect?
+Haven't I seen you every Christmas Eve since you were half the size of
+Master Jack here, and didn't I knit with my own hands the first little
+stocking you ever hung up for Santa Claus, and don't I remember how
+frightened you were that time when we heard the reindeers on the roof,
+and when the handful of walnuts came tumbling down the chimney? And do
+you expect me to stay away on Christmas Eve, like some lonely old woman,
+who never was nurse to any children at all, let alone two generations of
+them? What are you thinking of, Doctor John?
+
+I am thinking, _says_ FATHER _smiling_, that if you hadn't
+come, we should have missed you dreadfully. But tell me, Nurse Mary, how
+are you feeling?
+
+Well, _answers_ NURSE MARY, to speak the truth, Doctor John, I
+think you must give me some medicine.
+
+Medicine? _cries_ MOTHER.
+
+Are you sick, Nurse Mary? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+Yes, Miss Polly, sick, and very sick, too, NURSE MARY _answers_.
+
+But how? _asks_ FATHER. What's wrong? Where is the trouble?
+
+First of all, in my back, Doctor John, _says_ NURSE MARY. Today,
+after sweeping and scrubbing a little, and baking a Christmas cake, I
+just ironed out a few pieces, my best cap and apron, and the likes of
+that, and before I had finished, I give you word my back began to ache.
+Now what do you make of it? And then, my joints--stiff! Yes, Dr. John,
+stiff! How am I to do my work with stiff joints, I'd like to know?
+
+I see, _says_ FATHER, _shaking his head._ This is a serious
+matter. But cheer up, Nurse Mary; I believe I have the very thing that
+will help you. _He opens his medicine case, which stands on the table,
+and takes out a little bottle._ Here it is, _he says_, and let
+me tell you how to take it; for with this medicine that is the most
+important part. You must find some children to give it to you. If you
+take it from grown-up people, it will do you no good at all, so you must
+find a child somewhere, or two would be better, one to pour it out and
+one to hold the spoon--
+
+Oh, let me pour it out, _cries_ JACK.
+
+And let me hold the spoon, _cries_ POLLY.
+
+Why, that will do finely, _says_ FATHER, _and hands Jack the
+bottle._ And now I must go out, _he continues_; for old Mrs.
+Cavendish is sick and has sent for me. It may be quite late, when I come
+home. _He begins to put on his overcoat._
+
+And I, _says_ MOTHER, have some Christmas bundles to tie up. If
+Nurse Mary goes before I come back, will you both go quietly to bed like
+good children?
+
+Yes, Mother, _cry_ POLLY _and_ JACK _together._
+
+Well, good night, then, Mary dear, _says_ MOTHER.
+
+Good night, Nurse Mary, _says_ FATHER. _Then Mother and Father
+both go out, the one to her own room and the other to the street._
+
+Come, Nurse Mary, _says_ JACK, you must take your medicine.
+
+Do you suppose it is very bitter? _asks_ NURSE MARY.
+
+I think it is, _says_ JACK, _looking into the bottle and smelling
+it_. It looks bitter and it smells bitter.
+
+But you mustn't mind that, Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY; because it
+will make you well.
+
+All right, _says_ NURSE MARY. Pour it out.
+
+_Then Polly holds the spoon, and Jack carefully pours the medicine
+into it. Nurse Mary opens her mouth, swallows the dose, and makes a wry
+face, shuddering._
+
+Was it horrid? _asks_ JACK.
+
+Horrid! _answers_ NURSE MARY.
+
+Do you feel better? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+I can't tell yet, _answers_ NURSE MARY. I suppose I must wait a
+little for the medicine to work.
+
+And while we are waiting, _says_ JACK, tell us about when Father
+was a little boy.
+
+_So Nurse Mary sits down, and takes Polly on her lap, while Jack sits
+on a stool at her feet, and then_ NURSE MARY _begins_, When Dr.
+John was a very little boy--
+
+But, Nurse Mary, JACK _says, interrupting_, he wasn't named "Dr.
+John" then, was he?
+
+No, _answers_ NURSE MARY, he was just "Master John" then. Well,
+when he was a very little boy, so that I could carry him upstairs to bed
+without any trouble at all, he was the most beautiful boy you ever saw.
+He had fat rosy cheeks, and fine big eyes, and stout little legs.
+
+Was he big enough to walk, when you first took care of him? _asks_
+POLLY.
+
+No, indeed, _answers_ NURSE MARY; and the first time he ever went
+to a Christmas tree, I had to carry him. I held him up to see the
+candles.
+
+Did he like it? _asks_ JACK.
+
+I think that he was just a wee bit frightened, _says_ NURSE MARY,
+but I'll tell you what he did like. You know the little figures of Mary
+and Joseph and the Christ Child in the manger, that you always set out
+on Christmas Day, with the cows and the sheep standing all about? _The
+children both nod_. Well, when your father saw that, and heard your
+grandparents and all the older brothers and sisters singing "The Carol
+of the Friendly Beasts"--just as you will sing it again tomorrow--he
+held out his hands and danced up and down in my arms. I tell you, I
+could hardly hold him.
+
+Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY, won't you sing us "The Carol of the
+Friendly Beasts" now?
+
+In my old cracked voice? _says_ NURSE MARY. Well, if you will both
+help me, I'll try.
+
+_So the three of them together sing_:
+
+
+THE CAROL OF THE FRIENDLY BEASTS[1]
+
+  Jesus our brother, strong and good,
+  Was humbly born in a stable rude,
+  And the friendly beasts around him stood.
+
+  I, said the cow, all white and red,
+  I gave him my manger for his bed,
+  I gave him my hay to pillow his head.
+
+  I, said the camel, yellow and black,
+  Over the desert, upon my back,
+  I brought him a gift in the wise man's pack.
+
+  I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
+  I carried his mother uphill and down,
+  I carried her safely to Bethlehem town.
+
+  I, said the sheep, with the curly horn,
+  I gave him my wool for his blanket warm,
+  He wore my coat on Christmas morn.
+
+  I, said the dove, from my rafter high,
+  Cooed him to sleep that he should not cry,
+  We cooed him to sleep my mate and I.
+
+  And every beast, by some good spell
+  In the stable dark, was glad to tell
+  Of the gift he gave Immanuel.
+
+
+[Footnote 1: By Robert Davis.]
+
+
+_When the carol is finished_, NURSE MARY _looks at the clock, and
+says_, My dears, it is time we were all in bed, or Santa Claus when
+he comes, will find us awake, and that would never do. So I must be
+going home.
+
+But how do you feel? _asks_ POLLY. Has the medicine done your back
+good?
+
+My back? _says_ NURSE MARY. Why, I had forgotten all about my
+back--not an ache in it.
+
+And your joints? _asks_ JACK.
+
+I wouldn't know I had any joints, _answers_ NURSE MARY. I declare,
+I believe I could dance the Highland Fling. But where is my cloak?
+
+_Then Polly gets the cloak and hood, and helps her put them on, and as
+Nurse Mary goes out at the door_,
+
+Good-night, Nurse Mary, _cry_ JACK _and_ POLLY.
+
+Good-night, my dears, NURSE MARY _answers. And the door closes behind
+her_.
+
+_Now while the children had their backs turned, a funny thing
+happened, for out of the fire-place there stepped, without making a
+sound, a little man dressed all in green. Jack and Polly, when they turn
+about, see him standing there._
+
+Why, who are you? _asks_ JACK, _standing still, but very bravely
+keeping in front of Polly._
+
+_The little green man says never a word, but after waiting a moment
+with his finger on his lips, he beckons to them to come forward, and
+slowly, for they are a little frightened, they obey him. When they are
+quite close, he looks cautiously around, and then draws a large white
+letter out of his pocket, and hands it to Jack. Jack looks at it, and
+shows it to Polly. Then he looks at the little green man, who nods his
+head with a funny little jerk._
+
+Shall I open it? _asks_ JACK. _And the little green man nods
+again. So Jack opens it._
+
+Shall I read it? _asks_ JACK. _And the little green man nods
+again. So Jacks begins to read:_ "My dear Children all over the
+world, I, who write you this letter, am your old friend Santa Claus,
+and how shall I tell you the sad news, for tonight is the night when
+I ought to get into my reindeer sleigh and go about filling your precious
+stockings with Christmas gifts, and I cannot do it because I am sick.
+My back aches like a tooth ache, and every joint in my whole body is
+so stiff that I can hardly move. Old Father Time, who pretends to be
+something of a doctor, says the trouble is that I am growing old--the
+idea of it! I sent him packing about his business, I can tell you. But
+all the same I do feel mighty queer, and that's a fact. And the worst of
+it is that this is Christmas Eve, and here I am shut up indoors in my
+house at the North Pole, and every stocking in the world is hanging
+empty. I cannot bear to have Christmas come and go without any word at
+all from me, so I have gotten my good little friends the gnomes and
+fairies and elves to help me out. They had some old fairy toys, that are
+almost as good as new, and these they are going to carry about to all
+the children; and although these gifts are rather different from what
+you usually receive from me, I hope they will at least keep you from
+forgetting poor old Santa Claus."
+
+_Jack and Polly look sadly at one another, and then at the little
+green man. He reaches out his hand, takes the letter, folds it up,
+replaces it in the envelope, and tucks it away in his pocket. Then he
+brings out two little packages, all in green paper, tied with green
+string, and gives one to Polly and one to Jack. Then, quick as a flash,
+he has disappeared in the fire-place._
+
+Where did he go to? _asks_ POLLY, _after a moment of
+surprise._
+
+Up the chimney, _says_ JACK.
+
+But what has he given to us? _says_ POLLY, _looking at the little
+green package in her hand._
+
+Let's open them, _says_ JACK.
+
+_So the two children untie the strings, and open the papers, and soon
+hold up the things they have found inside. Jack has a pair of spectacles
+with large round glasses and black rims. Polly has a curious little
+brown cap. They look at them in perplexity._
+
+Oh, there is some writing fastened to mine, _says_ POLLY.
+
+And to mine, too, _adds_ JACK.
+
+POLLY _reads:_
+
+  "A fairy wishing-cap am I;
+  So put me on, and away you fly.
+  Wherever you wish, 'tis there you'll be,
+  And quicker than saying three-times-three."
+
+
+_Polly puts the cap on her head. Then_ JACK _reads_:
+
+  "Fairy spectacles are we;
+  Put us on, and you shall see
+  Things you never saw before,
+  Easy as saying four-times-four."
+
+
+_Jack puts the spectacles on his nose, and begins to go about the room
+looking at everything through them_.
+
+Oh, Polly, _he exclaims_, I can see all sorts of queer things. I
+can see what is in the table drawer without opening it, and I can see
+the pictures in the books right through the covers. And oh, Polly, look
+here. _He is looking into the fire-place, when he says this_. I can
+see now how the little green man went up the chimney, for there are
+steps in the side, all the way up. Look at them.
+
+POLLY _looks. Then she says_, I don't see any steps, Jack.
+
+It's the fairy spectacles, Polly, _cries_ JACK. Isn't it wonderful?
+
+Jack! _says_ POLLY _suddenly_, do you know what we must do?
+We must go to Santa Claus, and carry him the medicine that cured Nurse
+Mary's back and joints. You will go first up the chimney, and I will go
+after, stepping just where I see you step, and then at the top I will
+take tight hold of your hand, and with my wishing cap on I will wish to
+be at Santa Claus' house at the North Pole.
+
+Splendid! Let's start this minute, _cries_ JACK.
+
+_Polly takes the spoon, and Jack takes the medicine bottle, and one
+after the other they go up the chimney._
+
+_A moment later_ MOTHER _comes in._ Children, _she begins,
+looking about; but then she continues_, Oh, I see: they have gone to
+bed. _She goes across to the other door and listens. Then she
+says_: Not a sound! They are fast asleep already.
+
+_So she takes the lamp from the table, and carries it out with her,
+leaving the room all in black darkness._
+
+_And that is the end of the First Scene._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Interlude
+
+
+_While the curtain is closed_, MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and this
+is what she says:_
+
+Children, did you see Jack and Polly go up that chimney? Well, as soon
+as they got to the top, Polly took fast hold of Jack's hand and wished
+to be at the North Pole, and away they went flying through the air. They
+have gotten there already, I think. Hark! Yes, they are just going in
+at the gate that leads up to Santa Claus's house, and soon they will be
+knocking at his door. Then you will see them come in, for you will be
+there before they are; and when the curtain opens, as it will in just a
+moment, you will see the inside of the house where Santa Claus lives.
+You must be very quiet for Santa Claus is sick, remember, and a noise
+might make his head ache. Hush! It is going to begin.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+The Second Scene
+
+
+_When the Curtain opens, you again see a room, but quite different
+from the first one. There is a door on one side, and at the back is
+a sort of tall box with closed doors in the front of it, a kind of
+cupboard. On shelves at the sides of the room are some toys and
+packages, and a bag, nearly full, leans against the wall. There are two
+people in the room. One of them, of course, is Santa Claus, but oh, how
+sick he looks. The other person is a woman, you will see, and she must
+be Mrs. Santa Claus. There are two other figures that look a good deal
+like people, but they are only big toys that Santa Claus and his wife
+have been making, a soldier on one side, and a doll on the other._
+
+SANTA CLAUS, _who is sitting, wrapped up in a great blanket wrapper,
+and is leaning his head on his hand, while he holds a cane in the other
+is saying_, What is the use of working any longer, for if I can't
+carry the presents to the children, what is the good of finishing them?
+
+But you might feel better at the last moment, _says_ MRS. SANTA
+CLAUS, _who is tieing a sash on the big doll that stands beside
+her._
+
+That's true, _says_ SANTA CLAUS. Well, I believe I'll finish this
+soldier, then. He's the last one I need to make, and he's all done
+except to have his cheeks painted. I'll get my paint out and finish him.
+
+_So Santa Claus rises up very stiffly and painfully, and hobbles
+across the room to get his paint and paintbrush. Then he sits down again
+in front of the big toy soldier, and paints both its cheeks a fine
+bright red. Just as he is finishing, there comes a knock at the
+door._
+
+Come in, _says_ MRS. SANTA CLAUS. _And in walk Jack and Polly,
+hand in hand, wearing the fairy spectacles and the wishing cap, one
+holding the bottle and the other the spoon._
+
+Donner and Blitzen! _exclaims_ SANTA CLAUS, _laying down his
+brush,_ if it isn't Polly and Jack!
+
+Oh, Santa, _cries_ POLLY, we got your letter and the wishing-cap--
+
+And the fairy spectacles, says JACK.
+
+And we've brought you some of father's medicine, _continues_ POLLY,
+because it made Nurse Mary quite well--her back, you know.
+
+And her joints, _adds_ JACK.
+
+And you have to take it from children, POLLY _goes on._ One of them
+holds the spoon--_Here_ POLLY _holds out the spoon._
+
+And the other pours out the medicine, _says_ JACK, _and with that
+he pours it out._ It's very bitter, _he adds, as Polly holds it out
+for Santa Claus to take._
+
+_Then Santa Claus opens his mouth, and swallows the dose, with a wry
+face and a shudder._
+
+Is it horrid? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+Horrid! _says_ SANTA CLAUS.
+
+But it will make you well, you know, _says_ POLLY _encouragingly._
+Only you have to wait a little for the medicine to work.
+
+And you came all the way to the North Pole, to bring me this medicine?
+_says_ SANTA CLAUS, _looking from Polly to Jack and back to Polly
+again_. How did you get here?
+
+First, we went up the chimney, _says_ JACK, I saw the steps with
+the fairy spectacles, you know.
+
+And then, _says_ POLLY, I held fast hold of his hand, and wished.
+I had the wishing-cap, you see.
+
+But weren't you afraid? _asks_ SANTA CLAUS. When you climbed up the
+black chimney, and when you stood on the top, in the black night under
+the stars, and when you came flying through the air, weren't you
+frightened?
+
+Well, it wasn't much fun, _says_ POLLY, but we didn't know how else
+to get here.
+
+And we knew you were sick, _says_ JACK.
+
+But, _asks_ SANTA CLAUS, what difference did it make to you
+children whether an old man like me was sick or not?
+
+Why, Santa Claus, _answers_ POLLY, we all just love you, you know.
+
+Well, well, _says_ SANTA CLAUS. _Then he lays down his cane on
+the floor, and stretches himself, and stands up, and walks across the
+room without hobbling at all._
+
+How do you feel now? _asks_ JACK.
+
+Feel? _answers_ SANTA CLAUS, _moving more and more briskly_. I
+feel as young as a snow flake; I feel as strong as a northeast blizzard.
+Quick, Mrs. Santa Claus, bring me my fur cap and gloves. There's time
+yet to fill the children's stockings.
+
+_While Mrs. Santa Claus is out of the room_, JACK _says_:
+Santa, I didn't even know there was a Mrs. Santa Claus.
+
+Have you ever been very sick? _asks_ SANTA CLAUS.
+
+We've had chicken pox, _answers_ JACK.
+
+Oh, that doesn't count, _says_ SANTA CLAUS, but some times, when
+children are very sick indeed--or, for days and days--and when they are
+very good and patient, and take their medicine, and never kick the bed
+clothes off, then Mrs. Santa Claus comes in the night, and brings them
+a present, and when they wake up, they find it beside the bed.
+
+Oh, _says_ POLLY, I think she must be almost as good as you, Santa
+Claus.
+
+And besides that, _says_ SANTA CLAUS, who do you suppose dresses
+all the dolls that I put into the stockings? She does, of course. Look
+here at this fine one that she has just finished. To be sure, I make the
+doll part myself, and this one here is a very fine one, if I do say it:
+it can talk. Would you like to hear it, Polly? Just pull that string
+there.
+
+_Polly pulls the string and the_ DOLL, _in a very squeaky voice,
+says_, Ma-ma.
+
+And, by the way, SANTA CLAUS _goes on_, I must put this doll and
+that soldier into the shrinking-machine.
+
+Why, what is that, Santa Claus? _asks_ JACK.
+
+The shrinking-machine? _says_ SANTA CLAUS. That is it, over there.
+_He points to the tall cupboardy thing at the back. Then he goes
+on_. You see it's easier to make toys big, but I couldn't carry them
+that way, for the sleigh wouldn't hold them, and besides they wouldn't
+go into the stockings. So after they are made, I put them into the
+machine, and shrink them. Open the doors, Polly, and we will shrink
+these two.
+
+_So Polly opens the doors, and at a signal from Santa Claus the doll
+and the soldier walk in; but they move in a funny stiff way, because
+they haven't any joints at their knees or elbows._
+
+_Then_ SANTA CLAUS _shuts the doors_. Jack, _say he,_ you
+may turn the crank, if you want. _So Jack turns the crank._
+
+_After a little_ SANTA CLAUS _says_: Stop! _Then he opens
+the door and out walk, in the same funny stiff way, the doll and the
+soldier, only now they are about half as big as they were before. They
+walk down to the front._ SANTA CLAUS _looks at them, shakes his
+head, and says,_ No, you must be much smaller than that. Go back into
+the machine.
+
+_So back the doll and soldier go; and Jack again turns the crank and
+this time, when_ SANTA CLAUS _cries,_ Stop, _and the doors are
+opened, the toys have grown very small indeed, as you can see, when
+Santa Claus holds them up. He puts the soldier into a box, and then puts
+the box and the doll into his bag._
+
+_And now Mrs. Santa Claus comes in with the cap and gloves; and Santa
+Claus puts them on. At the same time sleighbells are heard outside, and
+a stamping of hoofs._
+
+We're off! _cries_ SANTA CLAUS, _taking up his pack._ Come,
+Polly! Come, Jack! I'll stow you away as warm as toast down under the
+buffalo robe.
+
+Good-bye, _cries_ MRS. SANTA CLAUS as _they go out at the door._
+
+Good-bye, good-bye, _they_ ALL _call back._
+
+_Then there is more stamping of hoofs outside, and a great jingling of
+sleighbells, which grow fainter and fainter, as they drive away._
+
+_And that is the end of the Second Scene._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Interlude
+
+
+_Again while the curtain is closed_ MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and
+this is what she says:_
+
+My dears, we must hurry back to the house where Jack and Polly live, for
+Santa Claus's sleigh is going so fast through the sky, that it will be
+there before us, unless we are quick about it. It is still dark night
+there, and nothing has happened since we were there before, except that
+Dr. John has come home from seeing sick old Mrs. Cavendish, and he has
+let himself in with his key, and has felt his way in the dark to his own
+door, and has gone to bed. He and Mother are both fast asleep, and they
+haven't an idea but that Jack and Polly are fast asleep in their beds
+too. But you and I know that they are in the reindeer sleigh with Santa
+Claus. And all the time they are coming nearer and nearer. Listen for
+the sleighbells, for now it is going to begin.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+The Third Scene
+
+
+_When the curtain opens you can see nothing at all at first, for the
+room is all dark, just as Mother left it, you remember, when she went
+out and took the light with her. But after a moment you can hear
+something--the sleighbells far away. Nearer and nearer they come; then
+there is a stamping sound on the roof; then a sort of scrambling sound
+in the place where you know the chimney is; and then Santa Claus, who by
+this time is crouching down in the fire-place, turns the light of his
+lantern into the room. He steps out carrying his pack, and then down the
+chimney come Jack and Polly._
+
+Hush! _says_ SANTA CLAUS, _with his finger at his lips._ Off
+to bed with you both! And don't you dare to open your eyes until the
+day-light comes. It won't be long.
+
+_On tiptoes Polly and Jack go out at the door. Then Santa Claus turns
+to his work. First he reads Polly's letter by the light of his lantern,
+and fills Polly's stocking and Mother's; then he reads Jack's letter and
+fills Jack's stocking and Father's; then he puts out the light so that
+the room is all dark again. You hear him climbing up the chimney, then
+there is a jingling of sleighbells on the roof, which grows fainter and
+fainter, and then all is still once more._
+
+_After a little while you notice that you can see faintly through the
+window at the back, because it is beginning to be daylight. Very, very
+slowly it grows brighter. Then the door, that Jack and Polly went out
+by, opens, and in come the two children in their wrappers._
+
+Is it daylight now? _asks_ JACK, _but he is looking toward the
+fire-place instead of toward the window._
+
+Yes, I think it is, _says_ POLLY, _and she is looking in the same
+direction._
+
+_Then they go on tiptoe to the door of the other room, where Father
+and Mother sleep; they open the door and shout:_
+
+Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_Two rather sleepy voices, from_ MOTHER _first and then from_
+FATHER, _answer:_ Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. _And_ MOTHER
+_continues,_ All right, children; we'll be there in a moment, as soon
+as we have put our wrappers on.
+
+_The children go over to the fire-place, and feel the lumpy stockings;
+and then in come Father and Mother in wrappers and nightcaps._
+
+Oh, _says_ FATHER, old Santa Claus hasn't forgotten us, has he? And
+candy canes are still in fashion, I see; I'm glad of that. Bring Mother
+her stocking, Polly; and Jack, get mine for me. We'll sit down and take
+our time about it.
+
+No fair, Jack, _cries_ POLLY. You're peeking into your stocking.
+I've only felt of mine.
+
+But my thing is in a box, _says_ JACK, so that I can't see anything
+anyway. Oh, let's begin quick.
+
+All right, _says_ FATHER, and ladies first. Mother, you lead off.
+
+Shall I? _says_ MOTHER, _feeling her stocking_. Oh, I know
+what this round thing is: it's an orange. No, it isn't either: it's a
+ball of knitting cotton. Just what I want, and the very kind I use. Now,
+Polly, it's your turn to see what is in the top of yours.
+
+I'm sure I know what mine is, _says_ POLLY, _and then as she
+draws it out._ Yes, it is: it's a doll.
+
+Why, Polly, _cries_ JACK, it's the very same doll that we--
+
+Hush! _says_ POLLY _quickly_. Yes, it's the very same kind of
+a doll I asked for. See, Mother, she has a pink sash. Isn't she lovely?
+
+Now, Jack, _says_ FATHER, I think it is your turn next. What is in
+that box of yours? Slate pencils, probably.
+
+Slate pencils! _says_ JACK, _indignantly_. You know I didn't
+want slate pencils.
+
+But are you sure you will get just what you want? _asks_ FATHER.
+
+Yes, indeed I am, _answers_ JACK, _pulling out the box and
+opening it_, and there it is--a soldier. I knew it would be that,
+because I saw it when--
+
+Hush! _says_ POLLY _quickly_. Father, it is now your turn at last.
+
+And I know all about mine, _says_ FATHER. It is soft and squashy,
+so of course it's a sponge. Now why do you suppose Santa Claus brought
+me a sponge? for my old one is quite good enough.
+
+But it isn't a sponge at all, _cries_ JACK, _who has been peeking
+into the little bundle_.
+
+Not a sponge? _says_ FATHER. But what is it, then? _He opens the
+paper_. A pair of warm gloves, I declare--just what I need. Well,
+Santa Claus is a great old fellow, and no mistake.
+
+_Mother has been turning her head toward the window, as though she
+were listening to something, and now she says:_
+
+Hush! Is that singing that I hear, far away?
+
+_They all listen, and sure enough from some distance can be heard the
+sound of singing voices. The children, nodding their heads, show that
+they hear it._
+
+What can it be? _says_ MOTHER. Why, I know; it's the Christmas
+Waits, of course, singing carols from house to house.
+
+Oh, I wish they would sing in our street, _cries_ POLLY, _and
+runs to the window. Then she exclaims,_ There they are: they are
+coming around the corner.
+
+_The others all go toward the window, and_ JACK _says
+delightedly._ One of them has a fiddle. Oh, I do hope they will stop
+here.
+
+_Then outside the window the Christmas Waits can be seen, all in warm
+caps and mittens and mufflers. They stop just in front of the window,
+hold up their music before them, and begin to sing the dear old carol,
+called_:
+
+THE CAROL OF CHRISTMAS MORNING
+
+  God rest you merry, gentlemen,
+  Let nothing you dismay.
+  Remember Christ our Saviour
+  Was born on Christmas Day.
+
+
+_When the carol is finished_, POLLY _and_ JACK _and_
+MOTHER _and_ FATHER _wave to the Waits, and cry,_ Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_And the_ WAITS _wave back and cry_: Merry Christmas! Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_And this is the end of the Play._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Characters and Costumes
+
+
+MOTHER GOOSE--The conventional costume; full skirt, peaked hat, cane,
+spectacles, mits. It is effective for her to draw her lips tight over
+her teeth so that her speech is that of a toothless old woman.
+
+POLLY--A little girl } first in ordinary indoor clothes;
+                     }
+JACK--a little boy   } afterwards in wrappers.
+
+DOCTOR JOHN--Their father; indoor clothes; also overcoat and hat;
+medicine case; afterwards in a dressing gown.
+
+MOTHER--Doctor John's wife; indoor clothes; afterwards in kimono or
+wrapper.
+
+NURSE MARY--A little old woman; first dressed for outdoors, in cloak and
+hood; simple dark dress underneath.
+
+AN ELF--Acted by a very little boy, dressed all in green; he does not
+speak.
+
+SANTA CLAUS--At first in heavy wrapper, preferably white; underneath
+this his conventional costume; later he puts on fur cap and gloves.
+
+MRS. SANTA CLAUS--Indoor clothes of red and white, corresponding to the
+conventional costume of Santa Claus.
+
+DOLL--Acted by two girls, one much smaller than the other, but both
+exactly alike as to dress, stockings, sash, hair ribbons, and color and
+arrangement of hair.
+
+SOLDIER--Acted by two boys, one much smaller than the other, but
+corresponding as closely as possible in uniform and appearance, except
+that the small one has bright red cheeks from the beginning.
+
+CHRISTMAS WAITS--Boys in outdoor clothes; warm caps, mufflers, gloves or
+mittens; one carries and plays a violin; others hold copies of the carols.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Scenery and Scenic Effects
+
+
+SCENES I AND III.
+
+The stage should contain a table, a little at one side, opposite the
+fire-place, and five chairs, one for each of the family, and the fifth
+for Nurse Mary when she arrives. On the table a lighted lamp. For
+safety, it may be lighted by an ever-ready electric torch. The lighting
+of the stage must, of course, be otherwise provided for.
+
+There should be two doors on opposite sides of the stage, and a
+practicable window at the back, through which in the last scene a view
+of houses or landscape is visible, and the Waits at the close.
+
+As the fire-place is at the side, it is easy to arrange steps by which
+the elf and the children appear to climb up and down the chimney. A box
+or small step ladder, just out of sight on the side toward the front,
+will serve the purpose.
+
+The Carol of the Friendly Beasts may be sung to the following tune:
+
+[Illustration: Music]
+
+There is also another tune composed by Clarence Dickinson. A different
+carol may, of course, be substituted, if desired.
+
+
+SCENE II.
+
+The Shrinking Machine stands at the back of the stage, and must be
+accessible from behind, for the changing of the doll and the soldier.
+There should be doors in front which can be opened wide. At one side
+should be the crank. For this an ice cream freezer will serve, well
+secured in place, only the handle showing through the cambric side wall
+of the Machine. The sound is effective, even though the children in the
+audience will announce its identity at once.
+
+For painting the soldier's cheeks, cranberry juice is both brilliant and
+harmless.
+
+If gifts or candies are to be distributed, Mother Goose may enter again
+immediately after the final curtain, and say something like this:
+
+Well, my dear children, it is all over, and I hope it has pleased you.
+I heard you laugh once or twice, and that makes me think that you must
+have liked it. But there is one more thing to tell you, and this you
+are sure to like very much indeed. You will remember that they had only
+looked at the first things, in the very top of their stockings. Well,
+after the curtain closed, they had time to look at what was left. And
+what do you suppose Father found in the bottom of his stocking, down in
+the very toe of it? A little note from Santa Claus, telling him that
+if he would look into the fire-place he would find there some boxes of
+candy, one for every child in this audience: And sure enough, there they
+were: and if you will sit very still, the curtain will open again, and
+they will be brought out and given to you. And so, my dears, as I bid
+you Good-night, I wish you all (or, I hope you have had) a very Merry
+Christmas and (wish you) a Happy New Year.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h1>
+    Up The Chimney
+</h1>
+<center><b>
+BY
+</b></center>
+<center><b>
+SHEPHERD KNAPP
+</b></center>
+<a name="image-0001"><!--IMG--></a>
+<center>
+<img src="images/illust01.png" width="150" height="191"
+alt="" />
+</center>
+
+<hr />
+
+<a name="h2H_PREF" id="h2H_PREF"><!-- H2 anchor --></a>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Preface
+</h2>
+<p>
+This play is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading.
+It is so arranged that boys and girls can read it to themselves, just
+as they would read any other story. Even the stage directions and the
+descriptions of scenery are presented as a part of the narrative.
+At the same time, by the use of different styles of type, the speeches
+of the characters are clearly distinguished from the rest of the text,
+an arrangement which will be found convenient when parts are being
+memorized for acting.
+</p>
+<p>
+The play has been acted more than once, and by different groups of
+people; sometimes on a stage equipped with footlights, curtain, and
+scenery; sometimes with barely any of these aids. Practical suggestions
+as to costumes, scenery, and some simple scenic effects will be found
+at the end of the play.
+</p>
+<p>
+What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what
+sort do we like to see them take part? It should be a play, surely, in
+which the dialogue is simple and natural, not stilted and artificial;
+one that seems like a bit of real life, and yet has plenty of fancy and
+imagination in it; one that suggests and helps to perpetuate some of
+the happy and wholesome customs of Christmas; above all, one that is
+pervaded by the Christmas spirit. I hope that this play does not
+entirely fail to meet these requirements.
+</p>
+<p>
+Worcester, Mass.
+</p>
+<p style="text-align: right;">
+SHEPHERD KNAPP.
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    The Introduction
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>Before the curtain opens</i>, MOTHER GOOSE <i>comes out, and this is
+what she says</i>:
+</p>
+<p>
+Good evening, dear children. I see you are all expecting me to show you
+a Christmas Play. Well, I have one ready, sure enough. And now let me
+see, what shall I tell you about it? For one thing it will take place on
+Christmas Eve, and then it will be all about Christmas, of course. The
+first scene will be in the house, where a little girl and a little boy
+live, with their father, who is a doctor, and their mother. It is
+evening and the weather is very cold outside. The little girl and boy
+are writing letters&mdash;can you guess to whom they are writing?&mdash;and the
+mother is knitting, and the father is reading his newspaper; as you will
+see in a moment for yourselves. So be very quiet, for now it is going to
+begin.
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Up The Chimney
+</h2>
+<h3>
+The First Scene
+</h3>
+<p>
+<i>The curtain opens, and you see a room in a house and four people,
+just as Mother Goose promised. On one side is a fire-place, and notice
+the stockings hanging by it. At the back is a window, looking out into
+the street, but you cannot see anything there, because it is dark out of
+doors. The little girl's name is Polly, but the first one to speak is
+her brother, named</i> JACK, <i>who looks up from his letter and
+says</i>:
+</p>
+<p>
+Mother, how do you spell "friend"?
+</p>
+<p>
+MOTHER <i>answers</i>: F, r, i, e, n, d. Have you nearly finished your
+letter, Jack?
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, <i>says</i> JACK, <i>still writing. Then he stops, straightens up
+and says</i>, There! It's all done. Shall I read it to you, Mother?
+</p>
+<p>
+Do, MOTHER <i>answers. And Father puts down his newspaper to listen, and
+Polly stops writing. Mother goes on knitting, because she can knit and
+listen at the same time</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So</i> JACK <i>reads</i>: "Dear Santa Claus, I have been very
+good this year&mdash;most of the time; and I wish you would
+bring me a toy soldier. I am very well and I hope you are.
+Your loving little friend, Jack." Is that all right, Mother?
+</p>
+<p>
+It is a very good letter, <i>says</i> MOTHER; only I thought you were
+going to speak about that pair of warm gloves for Father.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, I forget that, <i>says</i> JACK, <i>looking a little bit
+ashamed</i>. I'll put it in a postscript. <i>So he goes on writing, and
+so does Polly</i>. JACK <i>says his words aloud while he writes
+them</i>: "P.S.&mdash;Fa&mdash;ather&mdash;would&mdash;like&mdash;a&mdash;pair&mdash;of&mdash;warm&mdash;gloves."
+</p>
+<p>
+MOTHER <i>looks over at Polly, who seems to have finished, and says</i>:
+Polly, let us hear your letter.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So</i> POLLY <i>reads</i>: "Dear Santa Claus, I am so glad that
+tomorrow is Christmas. We have all hung up our stockings, and I think I
+would like best to have a doll in short dresses. I love you very much.
+Your little friend, Polly. P.S.&mdash;I think Mother would like a ball of
+white knitting cotton." I had to put that in a postscript, Mother,
+because I forgot, too.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And now</i> FATHER, <i>who has been listening all this time,
+says</i>: Where will you put the letters?&mdash;on the mantel-piece or in the
+stockings?
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, on the mantel-piece, <i>answers</i> JACK. We always put them on the
+mantel-piece. Don't you remember that, Father?
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, I believe I do, now that you speak of it, <i>says</i> FATHER.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then the children put the two letters on the mantel-piece, standing
+them against the clock, so that they can be easily seen. While they are
+doing this, some one passes the window, walking along the street, and
+there comes a knock at the door</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Come in, <i>says</i> FATHER; <i>and in comes a little woman, rather old,
+and rather bent, and rather lame</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, if it isn't little Nurse Mary, <i>cries</i> FATHER, <i>and they all
+rise up to greet her. She kisses both the children, and shakes hands
+with Father and Mother.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Here's a chair for you, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+Let me take your cloak and hood, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>When they were all seated again</i>, FATHER <i>says</i>, I am afraid
+I shall have to give you a little scolding, Mary, for coming out on such
+a cold night. It really don't do, you know.
+</p>
+<p>
+Now, Doctor John, NURSE MARY <i>answers</i>, What do you expect?
+Haven't I seen you every Christmas Eve since you were half the size of
+Master Jack here, and didn't I knit with my own hands the first little
+stocking you ever hung up for Santa Claus, and don't I remember how
+frightened you were that time when we heard the reindeers on the roof,
+and when the handful of walnuts came tumbling down the chimney? And do
+you expect me to stay away on Christmas Eve, like some lonely old woman,
+who never was nurse to any children at all, let alone two generations of
+them? What are you thinking of, Doctor John?
+</p>
+<p>
+I am thinking, <i>says</i> FATHER <i>smiling</i>, that if you hadn't
+come, we should have missed you dreadfully. But tell me, Nurse Mary, how
+are you feeling?
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY, to speak the truth, Doctor John, I
+think you must give me some medicine.
+</p>
+<p>
+Medicine? <i>cries</i> MOTHER.
+</p>
+<p>
+Are you sick, Nurse Mary? <i>asks</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, Miss Polly, sick, and very sick, too, NURSE MARY <i>answers</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+But how? <i>asks</i> FATHER. What's wrong? Where is the trouble?
+</p>
+<p>
+First of all, in my back, Doctor John, <i>says</i> NURSE MARY. Today,
+after sweeping and scrubbing a little, and baking a Christmas cake, I
+just ironed out a few pieces, my best cap and apron, and the likes of
+that, and before I had finished, I give you word my back began to ache.
+Now what do you make of it? And then, my joints&mdash;stiff! Yes, Dr. John,
+stiff! How am I to do my work with stiff joints, I'd like to know?
+</p>
+<p>
+I see, <i>says</i> FATHER, <i>shaking his head.</i> This is a serious
+matter. But cheer up, Nurse Mary; I believe I have the very thing that
+will help you. <i>He opens his medicine case, which stands on the table,
+and takes out a little bottle.</i> Here it is, <i>he says</i>, and let
+me tell you how to take it; for with this medicine that is the most
+important part. You must find some children to give it to you. If you
+take it from grown-up people, it will do you no good at all, so you must
+find a child somewhere, or two would be better, one to pour it out and
+one to hold the spoon&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, let me pour it out, <i>cries</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+And let me hold the spoon, <i>cries</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, that will do finely, <i>says</i> FATHER, <i>and hands Jack the
+bottle.</i> And now I must go out, <i>he continues</i>; for old Mrs.
+Cavendish is sick and has sent for me. It may be quite late, when I come
+home. <i>He begins to put on his overcoat.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+And I, <i>says</i> MOTHER, have some Christmas bundles to tie up. If
+Nurse Mary goes before I come back, will you both go quietly to bed like
+good children?
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, Mother, <i>cry</i> POLLY <i>and</i> JACK <i>together.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, good night, then, Mary dear, <i>says</i> MOTHER.
+</p>
+<p>
+Good night, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> FATHER. <i>Then Mother and Father
+both go out, the one to her own room and the other to the street.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Come, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> JACK, you must take your medicine.
+</p>
+<p>
+Do you suppose it is very bitter? <i>asks</i> NURSE MARY.
+</p>
+<p>
+I think it is, <i>says</i> JACK, <i>looking into the bottle and smelling
+it</i>. It looks bitter and it smells bitter.
+</p>
+<p>
+But you mustn't mind that, Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> POLLY; because it
+will make you well.
+</p>
+<p>
+All right, <i>says</i> NURSE MARY. Pour it out.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then Polly holds the spoon, and Jack carefully pours the medicine
+into it. Nurse Mary opens her mouth, swallows the dose, and makes a wry
+face, shuddering.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Was it horrid? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+Horrid! <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Do you feel better? <i>asks</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+I can't tell yet, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY. I suppose I must wait a
+little for the medicine to work.
+</p>
+<p>
+And while we are waiting, <i>says</i> JACK, tell us about when Father
+was a little boy.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So Nurse Mary sits down, and takes Polly on her lap, while Jack sits
+on a stool at her feet, and then</i> NURSE MARY <i>begins</i>, When Dr.
+John was a very little boy&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+But, Nurse Mary, JACK <i>says, interrupting</i>, he wasn't named "Dr.
+John" then, was he?
+</p>
+<p>
+No, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY, he was just "Master John" then. Well,
+when he was a very little boy, so that I could carry him upstairs to bed
+without any trouble at all, he was the most beautiful boy you ever saw.
+He had fat rosy cheeks, and fine big eyes, and stout little legs.
+</p>
+<p>
+Was he big enough to walk, when you first took care of him? <i>asks</i>
+POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+No, indeed, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY; and the first time he ever went
+to a Christmas tree, I had to carry him. I held him up to see the
+candles.
+</p>
+<p>
+Did he like it? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+I think that he was just a wee bit frightened, <i>says</i> NURSE MARY,
+but I'll tell you what he did like. You know the little figures of Mary
+and Joseph and the Christ Child in the manger, that you always set out
+on Christmas Day, with the cows and the sheep standing all about? <i>The
+children both nod</i>. Well, when your father saw that, and heard your
+grandparents and all the older brothers and sisters singing "The Carol
+of the Friendly Beasts"&mdash;just as you will sing it again tomorrow&mdash;he
+held out his hands and danced up and down in my arms. I tell you, I
+could hardly hold him.
+</p>
+<p>
+Nurse Mary, <i>says</i> POLLY, won't you sing us "The Carol of the
+Friendly Beasts" now?
+</p>
+<p>
+In my old cracked voice? <i>says</i> NURSE MARY. Well, if you will both
+help me, I'll try.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So the three of them together sing</i>:
+</p>
+<center>
+THE CAROL OF THE FRIENDLY BEASTS<a href="#note-1" name="noteref-1"><small>1</small></a>
+</center>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   Jesus our brother, strong and good, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Was humbly born in a stable rude, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And the friendly beasts around him stood. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the cow, all white and red, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I gave him my manger for his bed, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I gave him my hay to pillow his head. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the camel, yellow and black, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Over the desert, upon my back, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I brought him a gift in the wise man's pack. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I carried his mother uphill and down, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I carried her safely to Bethlehem town. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the sheep, with the curly horn, </p>
+<p class="i2">   I gave him my wool for his blanket warm, </p>
+<p class="i2">   He wore my coat on Christmas morn. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   I, said the dove, from my rafter high, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Cooed him to sleep that he should not cry, </p>
+<p class="i2">   We cooed him to sleep my mate and I. </p>
+</div>
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   And every beast, by some good spell </p>
+<p class="i2">   In the stable dark, was glad to tell </p>
+<p class="i2">   Of the gift he gave Immanuel. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<i>When the carol is finished</i>, NURSE MARY <i>looks at the clock, and
+says</i>, My dears, it is time we were all in bed, or Santa Claus when
+he comes, will find us awake, and that would never do. So I must be
+going home.
+</p>
+<p>
+But how do you feel? <i>asks</i> POLLY. Has the medicine done your back
+good?
+</p>
+<p>
+My back? <i>says</i> NURSE MARY. Why, I had forgotten all about my
+back&mdash;not an ache in it.
+</p>
+<p>
+And your joints? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+I wouldn't know I had any joints, <i>answers</i> NURSE MARY. I declare,
+I believe I could dance the Highland Fling. But where is my cloak?
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then Polly gets the cloak and hood, and helps her put them on, and as
+Nurse Mary goes out at the door</i>,
+</p>
+<p>
+Good-night, Nurse Mary, <i>cry</i> JACK <i>and</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Good-night, my dears, NURSE MARY <i>answers. And the door closes behind
+her</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Now while the children had their backs turned, a funny thing
+happened, for out of the fire-place there stepped, without making a
+sound, a little man dressed all in green. Jack and Polly, when they turn
+about, see him standing there.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, who are you? <i>asks</i> JACK, <i>standing still, but very bravely
+keeping in front of Polly.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>The little green man says never a word, but after waiting a moment
+with his finger on his lips, he beckons to them to come forward, and
+slowly, for they are a little frightened, they obey him. When they are
+quite close, he looks cautiously around, and then draws a large white
+letter out of his pocket, and hands it to Jack. Jack looks at it, and
+shows it to Polly. Then he looks at the little green man, who nods his
+head with a funny little jerk.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Shall I open it? <i>asks</i> JACK. <i>And the little green man nods
+again. So Jack opens it.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Shall I read it? <i>asks</i> JACK. <i>And the little green man nods
+again. So Jacks begins to read:</i> "My dear Children all over the
+world, I, who write you this letter, am your old friend Santa Claus,
+and how shall I tell you the sad news, for tonight is the night when
+I ought to get into my reindeer sleigh and go about filling your precious
+stockings with Christmas gifts, and I cannot do it because I am sick.
+My back aches like a tooth ache, and every joint in my whole body is
+so stiff that I can hardly move. Old Father Time, who pretends to be
+something of a doctor, says the trouble is that I am growing old&mdash;the
+idea of it! I sent him packing about his business, I can tell you. But
+all the same I do feel mighty queer, and that's a fact. And the worst of
+it is that this is Christmas Eve, and here I am shut up indoors in my
+house at the North Pole, and every stocking in the world is hanging
+empty. I cannot bear to have Christmas come and go without any word at
+all from me, so I have gotten my good little friends the gnomes and
+fairies and elves to help me out. They had some old fairy toys, that are
+almost as good as new, and these they are going to carry about to all
+the children; and although these gifts are rather different from what
+you usually receive from me, I hope they will at least keep you from
+forgetting poor old Santa Claus."
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Jack and Polly look sadly at one another, and then at the little
+green man. He reaches out his hand, takes the letter, folds it up,
+replaces it in the envelope, and tucks it away in his pocket. Then he
+brings out two little packages, all in green paper, tied with green
+string, and gives one to Polly and one to Jack. Then, quick as a flash,
+he has disappeared in the fire-place.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Where did he go to? <i>asks</i> POLLY, <i>after a moment of
+surprise.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Up the chimney, <i>says</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+But what has he given to us? <i>says</i> POLLY, <i>looking at the little
+green package in her hand.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Let's open them, <i>says</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So the two children untie the strings, and open the papers, and soon
+hold up the things they have found inside. Jack has a pair of spectacles
+with large round glasses and black rims. Polly has a curious little
+brown cap. They look at them in perplexity.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, there is some writing fastened to mine, <i>says</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+And to mine, too, <i>adds</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+POLLY <i>reads:</i>
+</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   "A fairy wishing-cap am I; </p>
+<p class="i2">   So put me on, and away you fly. </p>
+<p class="i2">   Wherever you wish, 'tis there you'll be, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And quicker than saying three-times-three." </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<i>Polly puts the cap on her head. Then</i> JACK <i>reads</i>:
+</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   "Fairy spectacles are we; </p>
+<p class="i2">   Put us on, and you shall see </p>
+<p class="i2">   Things you never saw before, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Easy as saying four-times-four." </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<i>Jack puts the spectacles on his nose, and begins to go about the room
+looking at everything through them</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, Polly, <i>he exclaims</i>, I can see all sorts of queer things. I
+can see what is in the table drawer without opening it, and I can see
+the pictures in the books right through the covers. And oh, Polly, look
+here. <i>He is looking into the fire-place, when he says this</i>. I can
+see now how the little green man went up the chimney, for there are
+steps in the side, all the way up. Look at them.
+</p>
+<p>
+POLLY <i>looks. Then she says</i>, I don't see any steps, Jack.
+</p>
+<p>
+It's the fairy spectacles, Polly, <i>cries</i> JACK. Isn't it wonderful?
+</p>
+<p>
+Jack! <i>says</i> POLLY <i>suddenly</i>, do you know what we must do?
+We must go to Santa Claus, and carry him the medicine that cured Nurse
+Mary's back and joints. You will go first up the chimney, and I will go
+after, stepping just where I see you step, and then at the top I will
+take tight hold of your hand, and with my wishing cap on I will wish to
+be at Santa Claus' house at the North Pole.
+</p>
+<p>
+Splendid! Let's start this minute, <i>cries</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Polly takes the spoon, and Jack takes the medicine bottle, and one
+after the other they go up the chimney.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>A moment later</i> MOTHER <i>comes in.</i> Children, <i>she begins,
+looking about; but then she continues</i>, Oh, I see: they have gone to
+bed. <i>She goes across to the other door and listens. Then she
+says</i>: Not a sound! They are fast asleep already.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So she takes the lamp from the table, and carries it out with her,
+leaving the room all in black darkness.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And that is the end of the First Scene.</i>
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Interlude
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>While the curtain is closed</i>, MOTHER GOOSE <i>comes out, and this
+is what she says:</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Children, did you see Jack and Polly go up that chimney? Well, as soon
+as they got to the top, Polly took fast hold of Jack's hand and wished
+to be at the North Pole, and away they went flying through the air. They
+have gotten there already, I think. Hark! Yes, they are just going in
+at the gate that leads up to Santa Claus's house, and soon they will be
+knocking at his door. Then you will see them come in, for you will be
+there before they are; and when the curtain opens, as it will in just a
+moment, you will see the inside of the house where Santa Claus lives.
+You must be very quiet for Santa Claus is sick, remember, and a noise
+might make his head ache. Hush! It is going to begin.
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    The Second Scene
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>When the Curtain opens, you again see a room, but quite different
+from the first one. There is a door on one side, and at the back is
+a sort of tall box with closed doors in the front of it, a kind of
+cupboard. On shelves at the sides of the room are some toys and
+packages, and a bag, nearly full, leans against the wall. There are two
+people in the room. One of them, of course, is Santa Claus, but oh, how
+sick he looks. The other person is a woman, you will see, and she must
+be Mrs. Santa Claus. There are two other figures that look a good deal
+like people, but they are only big toys that Santa Claus and his wife
+have been making, a soldier on one side, and a doll on the other.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+SANTA CLAUS, <i>who is sitting, wrapped up in a great blanket wrapper,
+and is leaning his head on his hand, while he holds a cane in the other
+is saying</i>, What is the use of working any longer, for if I can't
+carry the presents to the children, what is the good of finishing them?
+</p>
+<p>
+But you might feel better at the last moment, <i>says</i> MRS. SANTA
+CLAUS, <i>who is tieing a sash on the big doll that stands beside
+her.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+That's true, <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS. Well, I believe I'll finish this
+soldier, then. He's the last one I need to make, and he's all done
+except to have his cheeks painted. I'll get my paint out and finish him.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So Santa Claus rises up very stiffly and painfully, and hobbles
+across the room to get his paint and paintbrush. Then he sits down again
+in front of the big toy soldier, and paints both its cheeks a fine
+bright red. Just as he is finishing, there comes a knock at the
+door.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Come in, <i>says</i> MRS. SANTA CLAUS. <i>And in walk Jack and Polly,
+hand in hand, wearing the fairy spectacles and the wishing cap, one
+holding the bottle and the other the spoon.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Donner and Blitzen! <i>exclaims</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>laying down his
+brush,</i> if it isn't Polly and Jack!
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, Santa, <i>cries</i> POLLY, we got your letter and the wishing-cap&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+And the fairy spectacles, says JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+And we've brought you some of father's medicine, <i>continues</i> POLLY,
+because it made Nurse Mary quite well&mdash;her back, you know.
+</p>
+<p>
+And her joints, <i>adds</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+And you have to take it from children, POLLY <i>goes on.</i> One of them
+holds the spoon&mdash;<i>Here</i> POLLY <i>holds out the spoon.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+And the other pours out the medicine, <i>says</i> JACK, <i>and with that
+he pours it out.</i> It's very bitter, <i>he adds, as Polly holds it out
+for Santa Claus to take.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then Santa Claus opens his mouth, and swallows the dose, with a wry
+face and a shudder.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Is it horrid? <i>asks</i> POLLY.
+</p>
+<p>
+Horrid! <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS.
+</p>
+<p>
+But it will make you well, you know, <i>says</i> POLLY <i>encouragingly.</i>
+Only you have to wait a little for the medicine to work.
+</p>
+<p>
+And you came all the way to the North Pole, to bring me this medicine?
+<i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>looking from Polly to Jack and back to Polly
+again</i>. How did you get here?
+</p>
+<p>
+First, we went up the chimney, <i>says</i> JACK, I saw the steps with
+the fairy spectacles, you know.
+</p>
+<p>
+And then, <i>says</i> POLLY, I held fast hold of his hand, and wished.
+I had the wishing-cap, you see.
+</p>
+<p>
+But weren't you afraid? <i>asks</i> SANTA CLAUS. When you climbed up the
+black chimney, and when you stood on the top, in the black night under
+the stars, and when you came flying through the air, weren't you
+frightened?
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, it wasn't much fun, <i>says</i> POLLY, but we didn't know how else
+to get here.
+</p>
+<p>
+And we knew you were sick, <i>says</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+But, <i>asks</i> SANTA CLAUS, what difference did it make to you
+children whether an old man like me was sick or not?
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, Santa Claus, <i>answers</i> POLLY, we all just love you, you know.
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, well, <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS. <i>Then he lays down his cane on
+the floor, and stretches himself, and stands up, and walks across the
+room without hobbling at all.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+How do you feel now? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+Feel? <i>answers</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>moving more and more briskly</i>. I
+feel as young as a snow flake; I feel as strong as a northeast blizzard.
+Quick, Mrs. Santa Claus, bring me my fur cap and gloves. There's time
+yet to fill the children's stockings.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>While Mrs. Santa Claus is out of the room</i>, JACK <i>says</i>:
+Santa, I didn't even know there was a Mrs. Santa Claus.
+</p>
+<p>
+Have you ever been very sick? <i>asks</i> SANTA CLAUS.
+</p>
+<p>
+We've had chicken pox, <i>answers</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, that doesn't count, <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS, but some times, when
+children are very sick indeed&mdash;or, for days and days&mdash;and when they are
+very good and patient, and take their medicine, and never kick the bed
+clothes off, then Mrs. Santa Claus comes in the night, and brings them
+a present, and when they wake up, they find it beside the bed.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, <i>says</i> POLLY, I think she must be almost as good as you, Santa
+Claus.
+</p>
+<p>
+And besides that, <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS, who do you suppose dresses
+all the dolls that I put into the stockings? She does, of course. Look
+here at this fine one that she has just finished. To be sure, I make the
+doll part myself, and this one here is a very fine one, if I do say it:
+it can talk. Would you like to hear it, Polly? Just pull that string
+there.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Polly pulls the string and the</i> DOLL, <i>in a very squeaky voice,
+says</i>, Ma-ma.
+</p>
+<p>
+And, by the way, SANTA CLAUS <i>goes on</i>, I must put this doll and
+that soldier into the shrinking-machine.
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, what is that, Santa Claus? <i>asks</i> JACK.
+</p>
+<p>
+The shrinking-machine? <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS. That is it, over there.
+<i>He points to the tall cupboardy thing at the back. Then he goes
+on</i>. You see it's easier to make toys big, but I couldn't carry them
+that way, for the sleigh wouldn't hold them, and besides they wouldn't
+go into the stockings. So after they are made, I put them into the
+machine, and shrink them. Open the doors, Polly, and we will shrink
+these two.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So Polly opens the doors, and at a signal from Santa Claus the doll
+and the soldier walk in; but they move in a funny stiff way, because
+they haven't any joints at their knees or elbows.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then</i> SANTA CLAUS <i>shuts the doors</i>. Jack, <i>say he,</i> you
+may turn the crank, if you want. <i>So Jack turns the crank.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>After a little</i> SANTA CLAUS <i>says</i>: Stop! <i>Then he opens
+the door and out walk, in the same funny stiff way, the doll and the
+soldier, only now they are about half as big as they were before. They
+walk down to the front.</i> SANTA CLAUS <i>looks at them, shakes his
+head, and says,</i> No, you must be much smaller than that. Go back into
+the machine.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>So back the doll and soldier go; and Jack again turns the crank and
+this time, when</i> SANTA CLAUS <i>cries,</i> Stop, <i>and the doors are
+opened, the toys have grown very small indeed, as you can see, when
+Santa Claus holds them up. He puts the soldier into a box, and then puts
+the box and the doll into his bag.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And now Mrs. Santa Claus comes in with the cap and gloves; and Santa
+Claus puts them on. At the same time sleighbells are heard outside, and
+a stamping of hoofs.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+We're off! <i>cries</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>taking up his pack.</i> Come,
+Polly! Come, Jack! I'll stow you away as warm as toast down under the
+buffalo robe.
+</p>
+<p>
+Good-bye, <i>cries</i> MRS. SANTA CLAUS as <i>they go out at the door.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Good-bye, good-bye, <i>they</i> ALL <i>call back.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then there is more stamping of hoofs outside, and a great jingling of
+sleighbells, which grow fainter and fainter, as they drive away.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And that is the end of the Second Scene.</i>
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Interlude
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>Again while the curtain is closed</i> MOTHER GOOSE <i>comes out, and
+this is what she says:</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+My dears, we must hurry back to the house where Jack and Polly live, for
+Santa Claus's sleigh is going so fast through the sky, that it will be
+there before us, unless we are quick about it. It is still dark night
+there, and nothing has happened since we were there before, except that
+Dr. John has come home from seeing sick old Mrs. Cavendish, and he has
+let himself in with his key, and has felt his way in the dark to his own
+door, and has gone to bed. He and Mother are both fast asleep, and they
+haven't an idea but that Jack and Polly are fast asleep in their beds
+too. But you and I know that they are in the reindeer sleigh with Santa
+Claus. And all the time they are coming nearer and nearer. Listen for
+the sleighbells, for now it is going to begin.
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    The Third Scene
+</h2>
+<p>
+<i>When the curtain opens you can see nothing at all at first, for the
+room is all dark, just as Mother left it, you remember, when she went
+out and took the light with her. But after a moment you can hear
+something&mdash;the sleighbells far away. Nearer and nearer they come; then
+there is a stamping sound on the roof; then a sort of scrambling sound
+in the place where you know the chimney is; and then Santa Claus, who by
+this time is crouching down in the fire-place, turns the light of his
+lantern into the room. He steps out carrying his pack, and then down the
+chimney come Jack and Polly.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Hush! <i>says</i> SANTA CLAUS, <i>with his finger at his lips.</i> Off
+to bed with you both! And don't you dare to open your eyes until the
+day-light comes. It won't be long.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>On tiptoes Polly and Jack go out at the door. Then Santa Claus turns
+to his work. First he reads Polly's letter by the light of his lantern,
+and fills Polly's stocking and Mother's; then he reads Jack's letter and
+fills Jack's stocking and Father's; then he puts out the light so that
+the room is all dark again. You hear him climbing up the chimney, then
+there is a jingling of sleighbells on the roof, which grows fainter and
+fainter, and then all is still once more.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>After a little while you notice that you can see faintly through the
+window at the back, because it is beginning to be daylight. Very, very
+slowly it grows brighter. Then the door, that Jack and Polly went out
+by, opens, and in come the two children in their wrappers.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Is it daylight now? <i>asks</i> JACK, <i>but he is looking toward the
+fire-place instead of toward the window.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, I think it is, <i>says</i> POLLY, <i>and she is looking in the same
+direction.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then they go on tiptoe to the door of the other room, where Father
+and Mother sleep; they open the door and shout:</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Two rather sleepy voices, from</i> MOTHER <i>first and then from</i>
+FATHER, <i>answer:</i> Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. <i>And</i>
+MOTHER <i>continues,</i> All right, children; we'll be there in a
+moment, as soon as we have put our wrappers on.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>The children go over to the fire-place, and feel the lumpy stockings;
+and then in come Father and Mother in wrappers and nightcaps.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, <i>says</i> FATHER, old Santa Claus hasn't forgotten us, has he? And
+candy canes are still in fashion, I see; I'm glad of that. Bring Mother
+her stocking, Polly; and Jack, get mine for me. We'll sit down and take
+our time about it.
+</p>
+<p>
+No fair, Jack, <i>cries</i> POLLY. You're peeking into your stocking.
+I've only felt of mine.
+</p>
+<p>
+But my thing is in a box, <i>says</i> JACK, so that I can't see anything
+anyway. Oh, let's begin quick.
+</p>
+<p>
+All right, <i>says</i> FATHER, and ladies first. Mother, you lead off.
+</p>
+<p>
+Shall I? <i>says</i> MOTHER, <i>feeling her stocking</i>. Oh, I know
+what this round thing is: it's an orange. No, it isn't either: it's a
+ball of knitting cotton. Just what I want, and the very kind I use. Now,
+Polly, it's your turn to see what is in the top of yours.
+</p>
+<p>
+I'm sure I know what mine is, <i>says</i> POLLY, <i>and then as she
+draws it out.</i> Yes, it is: it's a doll.
+</p>
+<p>
+Why, Polly, <i>cries</i> JACK, it's the very same doll that we&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+Hush! <i>says</i> POLLY <i>quickly</i>. Yes, it's the very same kind of
+a doll I asked for. See, Mother, she has a pink sash. Isn't she lovely?
+</p>
+<p>
+Now, Jack, <i>says</i> FATHER, I think it is your turn next. What is in
+that box of yours? Slate pencils, probably.
+</p>
+<p>
+Slate pencils! <i>says</i> JACK, <i>indignantly</i>. You know I didn't
+want slate pencils.
+</p>
+<p>
+But are you sure you will get just what you want? <i>asks</i> FATHER.
+</p>
+<p>
+Yes, indeed I am, <i>answers</i> JACK, <i>pulling out the box and
+opening it</i>, and there it is&mdash;a soldier. I knew it would be that,
+because I saw it when&mdash;
+</p>
+<p>
+Hush! <i>says</i> POLLY <i>quickly</i>. Father, it is now your turn at last.
+</p>
+<p>
+And I know all about mine, <i>says</i> FATHER. It is soft and squashy,
+so of course it's a sponge. Now why do you suppose Santa Claus brought
+me a sponge? for my old one is quite good enough.
+</p>
+<p>
+But it isn't a sponge at all, <i>cries</i> JACK, <i>who has been peeking
+into the little bundle</i>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Not a sponge? <i>says</i> FATHER. But what is it, then? <i>He opens the
+paper</i>. A pair of warm gloves, I declare&mdash;just what I need. Well,
+Santa Claus is a great old fellow, and no mistake.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Mother has been turning her head toward the window, as though she
+were listening to something, and now she says:</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+Hush! Is that singing that I hear, far away?
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>They all listen, and sure enough from some distance can be heard the
+sound of singing voices. The children, nodding their heads, show that
+they hear it.</i>
+</p>
+<p>
+What can it be? <i>says</i> MOTHER. Why, I know; it's the Christmas
+Waits, of course, singing carols from house to house.
+</p>
+<p>
+Oh, I wish they would sing in our street, <i>cries</i> POLLY, <i>and
+runs to the window. Then she exclaims,</i> There they are: they are
+coming around the corner.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>The others all go toward the window, and</i> JACK <i>says
+delightedly.</i> One of them has a fiddle. Oh, I do hope they will stop
+here.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Then outside the window the Christmas Waits can be seen, all in warm
+caps and mittens and mufflers. They stop just in front of the window,
+hold up their music before them, and begin to sing the dear old carol,
+called</i>:
+</p>
+<center>
+THE CAROL OF CHRISTMAS MORNING
+</center>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   God rest you merry, gentlemen, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Let nothing you dismay. </p>
+<p class="i2">   Remember Christ our Saviour </p>
+<p class="i2">   Was born on Christmas Day. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<i>When the carol is finished</i>, POLLY <i>and</i> JACK <i>and</i>
+MOTHER <i>and</i> FATHER <i>wave to the Waits, and cry,</i> Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And the</i> WAITS <i>wave back and cry</i>: Merry Christmas! Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>And this is the end of the Play.</i>
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Characters and Costumes
+</h2>
+<p>
+MOTHER GOOSE&mdash;The conventional costume; full skirt, peaked hat, cane,
+spectacles, mits. It is effective for her to draw her lips tight over
+her teeth so that her speech is that of a toothless old woman.
+</p>
+<p>
+POLLY&mdash;A little girl, and;
+JACK&mdash;a little boy&mdash;first in ordinary indoor clothes; afterwards in wrappers.
+</p>
+<p>
+DOCTOR JOHN&mdash;Their father; indoor clothes; also overcoat and hat;
+medicine case; afterwards in a dressing gown.
+</p>
+<p>
+MOTHER&mdash;Doctor John's wife; indoor clothes; afterwards in kimono or
+wrapper.
+</p>
+<p>
+NURSE MARY&mdash;A little old woman; first dressed for outdoors, in cloak and
+hood; simple dark dress underneath.
+</p>
+<p>
+AN ELF&mdash;Acted by a very little boy, dressed all in green; he does not
+speak.
+</p>
+<p>
+SANTA CLAUS&mdash;At first in heavy wrapper, preferably white; underneath
+this his conventional costume; later he puts on fur cap and gloves.
+</p>
+<p>
+MRS. SANTA CLAUS&mdash;Indoor clothes of red and white, corresponding to the
+conventional costume of Santa Claus.
+</p>
+<p>
+DOLL&mdash;Acted by two girls, one much smaller than the other, but both
+exactly alike as to dress, stockings, sash, hair ribbons, and color and
+arrangement of hair.
+</p>
+<p>
+SOLDIER&mdash;Acted by two boys, one much smaller than the other, but
+corresponding as closely as possible in uniform and appearance, except
+that the small one has bright red cheeks from the beginning.
+</p>
+<p>
+CHRISTMAS WAITS&mdash;Boys in outdoor clothes; warm caps, mufflers, gloves or
+mittens; one carries and plays a violin; others hold copies of the carols.
+</p>
+<hr />
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    Scenery and Scenic Effects
+</h2>
+<h3>
+SCENES I AND III.
+</h3>
+<p>
+The stage should contain a table, a little at one side, opposite the
+fire-place, and five chairs, one for each of the family, and the fifth
+for Nurse Mary when she arrives. On the table a lighted lamp. For
+safety, it may be lighted by an ever-ready electric torch. The lighting
+of the stage must, of course, be otherwise provided for.
+</p>
+<p>
+There should be two doors on opposite sides of the stage, and a
+practicable window at the back, through which in the last scene a view
+of houses or landscape is visible, and the Waits at the close.
+</p>
+<p>
+As the fire-place is at the side, it is easy to arrange steps by which
+the elf and the children appear to climb up and down the chimney. A box
+or small step ladder, just out of sight on the side toward the front,
+will serve the purpose.
+</p>
+<p>
+The Carol of the Friendly Beasts may be sung to the following tune:
+</p>
+
+<a name="image-0002"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure" style="width: 100%;">
+<a href="images/music1.png"><img width="100%" src="images/music1.png"
+alt="Sheet Music" /></a><br />
+[<a href="midi/music.midi">Click to hear a MIDI of this tune.</a>]<br />
+[<a href="images/music.png">Click to see the original sheet music.</a>]<br />
+</div>
+
+<p>
+There is also another tune composed by Clarence Dickinson. A different
+carol may, of course, be substituted, if desired.
+</p>
+<h3>
+SCENE II.
+</h3>
+<p>
+The Shrinking Machine stands at the back of the stage, and must be
+accessible from behind, for the changing of the doll and the soldier.
+There should be doors in front which can be opened wide. At one side
+should be the crank. For this an ice cream freezer will serve, well
+secured in place, only the handle showing through the cambric side wall
+of the Machine. The sound is effective, even though the children in the
+audience will announce its identity at once.
+</p>
+<p>
+For painting the soldier's cheeks, cranberry juice is both brilliant and
+harmless.
+</p>
+<p>
+If gifts or candies are to be distributed, Mother Goose may enter again
+immediately after the final curtain, and say something like this:
+</p>
+<p>
+Well, my dear children, it is all over, and I hope it has pleased you.
+I heard you laugh once or twice, and that makes me think that you must
+have liked it. But there is one more thing to tell you, and this you
+are sure to like very much indeed. You will remember that they had only
+looked at the first things, in the very top of their stockings. Well,
+after the curtain closed, they had time to look at what was left. And
+what do you suppose Father found in the bottom of his stocking, down in
+the very toe of it? A little note from Santa Claus, telling him that
+if he would look into the fire-place he would find there some boxes of
+candy, one for every child in this audience: And sure enough, there they
+were: and if you will sit very still, the curtain will open again, and
+they will be brought out and given to you. And so, my dears, as I bid
+you Good-night, I wish you all (or, I hope you have had) a very Merry
+Christmas and (wish you) a Happy New Year.
+</p>
+
+
+<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<a name="note-1"><!--Note--></a>
+<p class="foot">
+<u>1</u> (<a href="#noteref-1">return</a>)<br />
+By Robert Davis.
+</p>
+
+
+
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+<pre>
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Up the Chimney, by Shepherd Knapp
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+Title: Up the Chimney
+
+Author: Shepherd Knapp
+
+Release Date: January 24, 2005 [EBook #14786]
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+Up The Chimney
+
+BY
+
+SHEPHERD KNAPP
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+Preface
+
+
+This play is intended, not only for acting, but also for reading.
+It is so arranged that boys and girls can read it to themselves, just
+as they would read any other story. Even the stage directions and the
+descriptions of scenery are presented as a part of the narrative.
+At the same time, by the use of different styles of type, the speeches
+of the characters are clearly distinguished from the rest of the text,
+an arrangement which will be found convenient when parts are being
+memorized for acting.
+
+The play has been acted more than once, and by different groups of
+people; sometimes on a stage equipped with footlights, curtain, and
+scenery; sometimes with barely any of these aids. Practical suggestions
+as to costumes, scenery, and some simple scenic effects will be found
+at the end of the play.
+
+What sort of a Christmas play do the boys and girls like, and in what
+sort do we like to see them take part? It should be a play, surely, in
+which the dialogue is simple and natural, not stilted and artificial;
+one that seems like a bit of real life, and yet has plenty of fancy and
+imagination in it; one that suggests and helps to perpetuate some of
+the happy and wholesome customs of Christmas; above all, one that is
+pervaded by the Christmas spirit. I hope that this play does not
+entirely fail to meet these requirements.
+
+Worcester, Mass.
+
+SHEPHERD KNAPP.
+
+
+
+
+The Introduction
+
+
+_Before the curtain opens_, MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and this is
+what she says_:
+
+Good evening, dear children. I see you are all expecting me to show you
+a Christmas Play. Well, I have one ready, sure enough. And now let me
+see, what shall I tell you about it? For one thing it will take place on
+Christmas Eve, and then it will be all about Christmas, of course. The
+first scene will be in the house, where a little girl and a little boy
+live, with their father, who is a doctor, and their mother. It is
+evening and the weather is very cold outside. The little girl and boy
+are writing letters--can you guess to whom they are writing?--and the
+mother is knitting, and the father is reading his newspaper; as you will
+see in a moment for yourselves. So be very quiet, for now it is going to
+begin.
+
+
+
+
+Up The Chimney
+
+
+The First Scene
+
+
+_The curtain opens, and you see a room in a house and four people,
+just as Mother Goose promised. On one side is a fire-place, and notice
+the stockings hanging by it. At the back is a window, looking out into
+the street, but you cannot see anything there, because it is dark out of
+doors. The little girl's name is Polly, but the first one to speak is
+her brother, named_ JACK, _who looks up from his letter and
+says_:
+
+Mother, how do you spell "friend"?
+
+MOTHER _answers_: F, r, i, e, n, d. Have you nearly finished your
+letter, Jack?
+
+Yes, _says_ JACK, _still writing. Then he stops, straightens up
+and says_, There! It's all done. Shall I read it to you, Mother?
+
+Do, MOTHER _answers. And Father puts down his newspaper to listen, and
+Polly stops writing. Mother goes on knitting, because she can knit and
+listen at the same time_.
+
+_So_ JACK _reads_: "Dear Santa Claus, I have been very
+good this year--most of the time; and I wish you would
+bring me a toy soldier. I am very well and I hope you are.
+Your loving little friend, Jack." Is that all right, Mother?
+
+It is a very good letter, _says_ MOTHER; only I thought you were
+going to speak about that pair of warm gloves for Father.
+
+Oh, I forget that, _says_ JACK, _looking a little bit
+ashamed_. I'll put it in a postscript. _So he goes on writing, and
+so does Polly_. JACK _says his words aloud while he writes
+them_: "P.S.--Fa--ather--would--like--a--pair--of--warm--gloves."
+
+MOTHER _looks over at Polly, who seems to have finished, and says_:
+Polly, let us hear your letter.
+
+_So_ POLLY _reads_: "Dear Santa Claus, I am so glad that
+tomorrow is Christmas. We have all hung up our stockings, and I think I
+would like best to have a doll in short dresses. I love you very much.
+Your little friend, Polly. P.S.--I think Mother would like a ball of
+white knitting cotton." I had to put that in a postscript, Mother,
+because I forgot, too.
+
+_And now_ FATHER, _who has been listening all this time,
+says_: Where will you put the letters?--on the mantel-piece or in the
+stockings?
+
+Oh, on the mantel-piece, _answers_ JACK. We always put them on the
+mantel-piece. Don't you remember that, Father?
+
+Yes, I believe I do, now that you speak of it, _says_ FATHER.
+
+_Then the children put the two letters on the mantel-piece, standing
+them against the clock, so that they can be easily seen. While they are
+doing this, some one passes the window, walking along the street, and
+there comes a knock at the door_.
+
+Come in, _says_ FATHER; _and in comes a little woman, rather old,
+and rather bent, and rather lame_.
+
+Why, if it isn't little Nurse Mary, _cries_ FATHER, _and they all
+rise up to greet her. She kisses both the children, and shakes hands
+with Father and Mother._
+
+Here's a chair for you, Nurse Mary, _says_ JACK.
+
+Let me take your cloak and hood, Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY.
+
+_When they were all seated again_, FATHER _says_, I am afraid
+I shall have to give you a little scolding, Mary, for coming out on such
+a cold night. It really don't do, you know.
+
+Now, Doctor John, NURSE MARY _answers_, What do you expect?
+Haven't I seen you every Christmas Eve since you were half the size of
+Master Jack here, and didn't I knit with my own hands the first little
+stocking you ever hung up for Santa Claus, and don't I remember how
+frightened you were that time when we heard the reindeers on the roof,
+and when the handful of walnuts came tumbling down the chimney? And do
+you expect me to stay away on Christmas Eve, like some lonely old woman,
+who never was nurse to any children at all, let alone two generations of
+them? What are you thinking of, Doctor John?
+
+I am thinking, _says_ FATHER _smiling_, that if you hadn't
+come, we should have missed you dreadfully. But tell me, Nurse Mary, how
+are you feeling?
+
+Well, _answers_ NURSE MARY, to speak the truth, Doctor John, I
+think you must give me some medicine.
+
+Medicine? _cries_ MOTHER.
+
+Are you sick, Nurse Mary? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+Yes, Miss Polly, sick, and very sick, too, NURSE MARY _answers_.
+
+But how? _asks_ FATHER. What's wrong? Where is the trouble?
+
+First of all, in my back, Doctor John, _says_ NURSE MARY. Today,
+after sweeping and scrubbing a little, and baking a Christmas cake, I
+just ironed out a few pieces, my best cap and apron, and the likes of
+that, and before I had finished, I give you word my back began to ache.
+Now what do you make of it? And then, my joints--stiff! Yes, Dr. John,
+stiff! How am I to do my work with stiff joints, I'd like to know?
+
+I see, _says_ FATHER, _shaking his head._ This is a serious
+matter. But cheer up, Nurse Mary; I believe I have the very thing that
+will help you. _He opens his medicine case, which stands on the table,
+and takes out a little bottle._ Here it is, _he says_, and let
+me tell you how to take it; for with this medicine that is the most
+important part. You must find some children to give it to you. If you
+take it from grown-up people, it will do you no good at all, so you must
+find a child somewhere, or two would be better, one to pour it out and
+one to hold the spoon--
+
+Oh, let me pour it out, _cries_ JACK.
+
+And let me hold the spoon, _cries_ POLLY.
+
+Why, that will do finely, _says_ FATHER, _and hands Jack the
+bottle._ And now I must go out, _he continues_; for old Mrs.
+Cavendish is sick and has sent for me. It may be quite late, when I come
+home. _He begins to put on his overcoat._
+
+And I, _says_ MOTHER, have some Christmas bundles to tie up. If
+Nurse Mary goes before I come back, will you both go quietly to bed like
+good children?
+
+Yes, Mother, _cry_ POLLY _and_ JACK _together._
+
+Well, good night, then, Mary dear, _says_ MOTHER.
+
+Good night, Nurse Mary, _says_ FATHER. _Then Mother and Father
+both go out, the one to her own room and the other to the street._
+
+Come, Nurse Mary, _says_ JACK, you must take your medicine.
+
+Do you suppose it is very bitter? _asks_ NURSE MARY.
+
+I think it is, _says_ JACK, _looking into the bottle and smelling
+it_. It looks bitter and it smells bitter.
+
+But you mustn't mind that, Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY; because it
+will make you well.
+
+All right, _says_ NURSE MARY. Pour it out.
+
+_Then Polly holds the spoon, and Jack carefully pours the medicine
+into it. Nurse Mary opens her mouth, swallows the dose, and makes a wry
+face, shuddering._
+
+Was it horrid? _asks_ JACK.
+
+Horrid! _answers_ NURSE MARY.
+
+Do you feel better? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+I can't tell yet, _answers_ NURSE MARY. I suppose I must wait a
+little for the medicine to work.
+
+And while we are waiting, _says_ JACK, tell us about when Father
+was a little boy.
+
+_So Nurse Mary sits down, and takes Polly on her lap, while Jack sits
+on a stool at her feet, and then_ NURSE MARY _begins_, When Dr.
+John was a very little boy--
+
+But, Nurse Mary, JACK _says, interrupting_, he wasn't named "Dr.
+John" then, was he?
+
+No, _answers_ NURSE MARY, he was just "Master John" then. Well,
+when he was a very little boy, so that I could carry him upstairs to bed
+without any trouble at all, he was the most beautiful boy you ever saw.
+He had fat rosy cheeks, and fine big eyes, and stout little legs.
+
+Was he big enough to walk, when you first took care of him? _asks_
+POLLY.
+
+No, indeed, _answers_ NURSE MARY; and the first time he ever went
+to a Christmas tree, I had to carry him. I held him up to see the
+candles.
+
+Did he like it? _asks_ JACK.
+
+I think that he was just a wee bit frightened, _says_ NURSE MARY,
+but I'll tell you what he did like. You know the little figures of Mary
+and Joseph and the Christ Child in the manger, that you always set out
+on Christmas Day, with the cows and the sheep standing all about? _The
+children both nod_. Well, when your father saw that, and heard your
+grandparents and all the older brothers and sisters singing "The Carol
+of the Friendly Beasts"--just as you will sing it again tomorrow--he
+held out his hands and danced up and down in my arms. I tell you, I
+could hardly hold him.
+
+Nurse Mary, _says_ POLLY, won't you sing us "The Carol of the
+Friendly Beasts" now?
+
+In my old cracked voice? _says_ NURSE MARY. Well, if you will both
+help me, I'll try.
+
+_So the three of them together sing_:
+
+
+THE CAROL OF THE FRIENDLY BEASTS[1]
+
+  Jesus our brother, strong and good,
+  Was humbly born in a stable rude,
+  And the friendly beasts around him stood.
+
+  I, said the cow, all white and red,
+  I gave him my manger for his bed,
+  I gave him my hay to pillow his head.
+
+  I, said the camel, yellow and black,
+  Over the desert, upon my back,
+  I brought him a gift in the wise man's pack.
+
+  I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
+  I carried his mother uphill and down,
+  I carried her safely to Bethlehem town.
+
+  I, said the sheep, with the curly horn,
+  I gave him my wool for his blanket warm,
+  He wore my coat on Christmas morn.
+
+  I, said the dove, from my rafter high,
+  Cooed him to sleep that he should not cry,
+  We cooed him to sleep my mate and I.
+
+  And every beast, by some good spell
+  In the stable dark, was glad to tell
+  Of the gift he gave Immanuel.
+
+
+[Footnote 1: By Robert Davis.]
+
+
+_When the carol is finished_, NURSE MARY _looks at the clock, and
+says_, My dears, it is time we were all in bed, or Santa Claus when
+he comes, will find us awake, and that would never do. So I must be
+going home.
+
+But how do you feel? _asks_ POLLY. Has the medicine done your back
+good?
+
+My back? _says_ NURSE MARY. Why, I had forgotten all about my
+back--not an ache in it.
+
+And your joints? _asks_ JACK.
+
+I wouldn't know I had any joints, _answers_ NURSE MARY. I declare,
+I believe I could dance the Highland Fling. But where is my cloak?
+
+_Then Polly gets the cloak and hood, and helps her put them on, and as
+Nurse Mary goes out at the door_,
+
+Good-night, Nurse Mary, _cry_ JACK _and_ POLLY.
+
+Good-night, my dears, NURSE MARY _answers. And the door closes behind
+her_.
+
+_Now while the children had their backs turned, a funny thing
+happened, for out of the fire-place there stepped, without making a
+sound, a little man dressed all in green. Jack and Polly, when they turn
+about, see him standing there._
+
+Why, who are you? _asks_ JACK, _standing still, but very bravely
+keeping in front of Polly._
+
+_The little green man says never a word, but after waiting a moment
+with his finger on his lips, he beckons to them to come forward, and
+slowly, for they are a little frightened, they obey him. When they are
+quite close, he looks cautiously around, and then draws a large white
+letter out of his pocket, and hands it to Jack. Jack looks at it, and
+shows it to Polly. Then he looks at the little green man, who nods his
+head with a funny little jerk._
+
+Shall I open it? _asks_ JACK. _And the little green man nods
+again. So Jack opens it._
+
+Shall I read it? _asks_ JACK. _And the little green man nods
+again. So Jacks begins to read:_ "My dear Children all over the
+world, I, who write you this letter, am your old friend Santa Claus,
+and how shall I tell you the sad news, for tonight is the night when
+I ought to get into my reindeer sleigh and go about filling your precious
+stockings with Christmas gifts, and I cannot do it because I am sick.
+My back aches like a tooth ache, and every joint in my whole body is
+so stiff that I can hardly move. Old Father Time, who pretends to be
+something of a doctor, says the trouble is that I am growing old--the
+idea of it! I sent him packing about his business, I can tell you. But
+all the same I do feel mighty queer, and that's a fact. And the worst of
+it is that this is Christmas Eve, and here I am shut up indoors in my
+house at the North Pole, and every stocking in the world is hanging
+empty. I cannot bear to have Christmas come and go without any word at
+all from me, so I have gotten my good little friends the gnomes and
+fairies and elves to help me out. They had some old fairy toys, that are
+almost as good as new, and these they are going to carry about to all
+the children; and although these gifts are rather different from what
+you usually receive from me, I hope they will at least keep you from
+forgetting poor old Santa Claus."
+
+_Jack and Polly look sadly at one another, and then at the little
+green man. He reaches out his hand, takes the letter, folds it up,
+replaces it in the envelope, and tucks it away in his pocket. Then he
+brings out two little packages, all in green paper, tied with green
+string, and gives one to Polly and one to Jack. Then, quick as a flash,
+he has disappeared in the fire-place._
+
+Where did he go to? _asks_ POLLY, _after a moment of
+surprise._
+
+Up the chimney, _says_ JACK.
+
+But what has he given to us? _says_ POLLY, _looking at the little
+green package in her hand._
+
+Let's open them, _says_ JACK.
+
+_So the two children untie the strings, and open the papers, and soon
+hold up the things they have found inside. Jack has a pair of spectacles
+with large round glasses and black rims. Polly has a curious little
+brown cap. They look at them in perplexity._
+
+Oh, there is some writing fastened to mine, _says_ POLLY.
+
+And to mine, too, _adds_ JACK.
+
+POLLY _reads:_
+
+  "A fairy wishing-cap am I;
+  So put me on, and away you fly.
+  Wherever you wish, 'tis there you'll be,
+  And quicker than saying three-times-three."
+
+
+_Polly puts the cap on her head. Then_ JACK _reads_:
+
+  "Fairy spectacles are we;
+  Put us on, and you shall see
+  Things you never saw before,
+  Easy as saying four-times-four."
+
+
+_Jack puts the spectacles on his nose, and begins to go about the room
+looking at everything through them_.
+
+Oh, Polly, _he exclaims_, I can see all sorts of queer things. I
+can see what is in the table drawer without opening it, and I can see
+the pictures in the books right through the covers. And oh, Polly, look
+here. _He is looking into the fire-place, when he says this_. I can
+see now how the little green man went up the chimney, for there are
+steps in the side, all the way up. Look at them.
+
+POLLY _looks. Then she says_, I don't see any steps, Jack.
+
+It's the fairy spectacles, Polly, _cries_ JACK. Isn't it wonderful?
+
+Jack! _says_ POLLY _suddenly_, do you know what we must do?
+We must go to Santa Claus, and carry him the medicine that cured Nurse
+Mary's back and joints. You will go first up the chimney, and I will go
+after, stepping just where I see you step, and then at the top I will
+take tight hold of your hand, and with my wishing cap on I will wish to
+be at Santa Claus' house at the North Pole.
+
+Splendid! Let's start this minute, _cries_ JACK.
+
+_Polly takes the spoon, and Jack takes the medicine bottle, and one
+after the other they go up the chimney._
+
+_A moment later_ MOTHER _comes in._ Children, _she begins,
+looking about; but then she continues_, Oh, I see: they have gone to
+bed. _She goes across to the other door and listens. Then she
+says_: Not a sound! They are fast asleep already.
+
+_So she takes the lamp from the table, and carries it out with her,
+leaving the room all in black darkness._
+
+_And that is the end of the First Scene._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Interlude
+
+
+_While the curtain is closed_, MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and this
+is what she says:_
+
+Children, did you see Jack and Polly go up that chimney? Well, as soon
+as they got to the top, Polly took fast hold of Jack's hand and wished
+to be at the North Pole, and away they went flying through the air. They
+have gotten there already, I think. Hark! Yes, they are just going in
+at the gate that leads up to Santa Claus's house, and soon they will be
+knocking at his door. Then you will see them come in, for you will be
+there before they are; and when the curtain opens, as it will in just a
+moment, you will see the inside of the house where Santa Claus lives.
+You must be very quiet for Santa Claus is sick, remember, and a noise
+might make his head ache. Hush! It is going to begin.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+The Second Scene
+
+
+_When the Curtain opens, you again see a room, but quite different
+from the first one. There is a door on one side, and at the back is
+a sort of tall box with closed doors in the front of it, a kind of
+cupboard. On shelves at the sides of the room are some toys and
+packages, and a bag, nearly full, leans against the wall. There are two
+people in the room. One of them, of course, is Santa Claus, but oh, how
+sick he looks. The other person is a woman, you will see, and she must
+be Mrs. Santa Claus. There are two other figures that look a good deal
+like people, but they are only big toys that Santa Claus and his wife
+have been making, a soldier on one side, and a doll on the other._
+
+SANTA CLAUS, _who is sitting, wrapped up in a great blanket wrapper,
+and is leaning his head on his hand, while he holds a cane in the other
+is saying_, What is the use of working any longer, for if I can't
+carry the presents to the children, what is the good of finishing them?
+
+But you might feel better at the last moment, _says_ MRS. SANTA
+CLAUS, _who is tieing a sash on the big doll that stands beside
+her._
+
+That's true, _says_ SANTA CLAUS. Well, I believe I'll finish this
+soldier, then. He's the last one I need to make, and he's all done
+except to have his cheeks painted. I'll get my paint out and finish him.
+
+_So Santa Claus rises up very stiffly and painfully, and hobbles
+across the room to get his paint and paintbrush. Then he sits down again
+in front of the big toy soldier, and paints both its cheeks a fine
+bright red. Just as he is finishing, there comes a knock at the
+door._
+
+Come in, _says_ MRS. SANTA CLAUS. _And in walk Jack and Polly,
+hand in hand, wearing the fairy spectacles and the wishing cap, one
+holding the bottle and the other the spoon._
+
+Donner and Blitzen! _exclaims_ SANTA CLAUS, _laying down his
+brush,_ if it isn't Polly and Jack!
+
+Oh, Santa, _cries_ POLLY, we got your letter and the wishing-cap--
+
+And the fairy spectacles, says JACK.
+
+And we've brought you some of father's medicine, _continues_ POLLY,
+because it made Nurse Mary quite well--her back, you know.
+
+And her joints, _adds_ JACK.
+
+And you have to take it from children, POLLY _goes on._ One of them
+holds the spoon--_Here_ POLLY _holds out the spoon._
+
+And the other pours out the medicine, _says_ JACK, _and with that
+he pours it out._ It's very bitter, _he adds, as Polly holds it out
+for Santa Claus to take._
+
+_Then Santa Claus opens his mouth, and swallows the dose, with a wry
+face and a shudder._
+
+Is it horrid? _asks_ POLLY.
+
+Horrid! _says_ SANTA CLAUS.
+
+But it will make you well, you know, _says_ POLLY _encouragingly._
+Only you have to wait a little for the medicine to work.
+
+And you came all the way to the North Pole, to bring me this medicine?
+_says_ SANTA CLAUS, _looking from Polly to Jack and back to Polly
+again_. How did you get here?
+
+First, we went up the chimney, _says_ JACK, I saw the steps with
+the fairy spectacles, you know.
+
+And then, _says_ POLLY, I held fast hold of his hand, and wished.
+I had the wishing-cap, you see.
+
+But weren't you afraid? _asks_ SANTA CLAUS. When you climbed up the
+black chimney, and when you stood on the top, in the black night under
+the stars, and when you came flying through the air, weren't you
+frightened?
+
+Well, it wasn't much fun, _says_ POLLY, but we didn't know how else
+to get here.
+
+And we knew you were sick, _says_ JACK.
+
+But, _asks_ SANTA CLAUS, what difference did it make to you
+children whether an old man like me was sick or not?
+
+Why, Santa Claus, _answers_ POLLY, we all just love you, you know.
+
+Well, well, _says_ SANTA CLAUS. _Then he lays down his cane on
+the floor, and stretches himself, and stands up, and walks across the
+room without hobbling at all._
+
+How do you feel now? _asks_ JACK.
+
+Feel? _answers_ SANTA CLAUS, _moving more and more briskly_. I
+feel as young as a snow flake; I feel as strong as a northeast blizzard.
+Quick, Mrs. Santa Claus, bring me my fur cap and gloves. There's time
+yet to fill the children's stockings.
+
+_While Mrs. Santa Claus is out of the room_, JACK _says_:
+Santa, I didn't even know there was a Mrs. Santa Claus.
+
+Have you ever been very sick? _asks_ SANTA CLAUS.
+
+We've had chicken pox, _answers_ JACK.
+
+Oh, that doesn't count, _says_ SANTA CLAUS, but some times, when
+children are very sick indeed--or, for days and days--and when they are
+very good and patient, and take their medicine, and never kick the bed
+clothes off, then Mrs. Santa Claus comes in the night, and brings them
+a present, and when they wake up, they find it beside the bed.
+
+Oh, _says_ POLLY, I think she must be almost as good as you, Santa
+Claus.
+
+And besides that, _says_ SANTA CLAUS, who do you suppose dresses
+all the dolls that I put into the stockings? She does, of course. Look
+here at this fine one that she has just finished. To be sure, I make the
+doll part myself, and this one here is a very fine one, if I do say it:
+it can talk. Would you like to hear it, Polly? Just pull that string
+there.
+
+_Polly pulls the string and the_ DOLL, _in a very squeaky voice,
+says_, Ma-ma.
+
+And, by the way, SANTA CLAUS _goes on_, I must put this doll and
+that soldier into the shrinking-machine.
+
+Why, what is that, Santa Claus? _asks_ JACK.
+
+The shrinking-machine? _says_ SANTA CLAUS. That is it, over there.
+_He points to the tall cupboardy thing at the back. Then he goes
+on_. You see it's easier to make toys big, but I couldn't carry them
+that way, for the sleigh wouldn't hold them, and besides they wouldn't
+go into the stockings. So after they are made, I put them into the
+machine, and shrink them. Open the doors, Polly, and we will shrink
+these two.
+
+_So Polly opens the doors, and at a signal from Santa Claus the doll
+and the soldier walk in; but they move in a funny stiff way, because
+they haven't any joints at their knees or elbows._
+
+_Then_ SANTA CLAUS _shuts the doors_. Jack, _say he,_ you
+may turn the crank, if you want. _So Jack turns the crank._
+
+_After a little_ SANTA CLAUS _says_: Stop! _Then he opens
+the door and out walk, in the same funny stiff way, the doll and the
+soldier, only now they are about half as big as they were before. They
+walk down to the front._ SANTA CLAUS _looks at them, shakes his
+head, and says,_ No, you must be much smaller than that. Go back into
+the machine.
+
+_So back the doll and soldier go; and Jack again turns the crank and
+this time, when_ SANTA CLAUS _cries,_ Stop, _and the doors are
+opened, the toys have grown very small indeed, as you can see, when
+Santa Claus holds them up. He puts the soldier into a box, and then puts
+the box and the doll into his bag._
+
+_And now Mrs. Santa Claus comes in with the cap and gloves; and Santa
+Claus puts them on. At the same time sleighbells are heard outside, and
+a stamping of hoofs._
+
+We're off! _cries_ SANTA CLAUS, _taking up his pack._ Come,
+Polly! Come, Jack! I'll stow you away as warm as toast down under the
+buffalo robe.
+
+Good-bye, _cries_ MRS. SANTA CLAUS as _they go out at the door._
+
+Good-bye, good-bye, _they_ ALL _call back._
+
+_Then there is more stamping of hoofs outside, and a great jingling of
+sleighbells, which grow fainter and fainter, as they drive away._
+
+_And that is the end of the Second Scene._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Interlude
+
+
+_Again while the curtain is closed_ MOTHER GOOSE _comes out, and
+this is what she says:_
+
+My dears, we must hurry back to the house where Jack and Polly live, for
+Santa Claus's sleigh is going so fast through the sky, that it will be
+there before us, unless we are quick about it. It is still dark night
+there, and nothing has happened since we were there before, except that
+Dr. John has come home from seeing sick old Mrs. Cavendish, and he has
+let himself in with his key, and has felt his way in the dark to his own
+door, and has gone to bed. He and Mother are both fast asleep, and they
+haven't an idea but that Jack and Polly are fast asleep in their beds
+too. But you and I know that they are in the reindeer sleigh with Santa
+Claus. And all the time they are coming nearer and nearer. Listen for
+the sleighbells, for now it is going to begin.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+The Third Scene
+
+
+_When the curtain opens you can see nothing at all at first, for the
+room is all dark, just as Mother left it, you remember, when she went
+out and took the light with her. But after a moment you can hear
+something--the sleighbells far away. Nearer and nearer they come; then
+there is a stamping sound on the roof; then a sort of scrambling sound
+in the place where you know the chimney is; and then Santa Claus, who by
+this time is crouching down in the fire-place, turns the light of his
+lantern into the room. He steps out carrying his pack, and then down the
+chimney come Jack and Polly._
+
+Hush! _says_ SANTA CLAUS, _with his finger at his lips._ Off
+to bed with you both! And don't you dare to open your eyes until the
+day-light comes. It won't be long.
+
+_On tiptoes Polly and Jack go out at the door. Then Santa Claus turns
+to his work. First he reads Polly's letter by the light of his lantern,
+and fills Polly's stocking and Mother's; then he reads Jack's letter and
+fills Jack's stocking and Father's; then he puts out the light so that
+the room is all dark again. You hear him climbing up the chimney, then
+there is a jingling of sleighbells on the roof, which grows fainter and
+fainter, and then all is still once more._
+
+_After a little while you notice that you can see faintly through the
+window at the back, because it is beginning to be daylight. Very, very
+slowly it grows brighter. Then the door, that Jack and Polly went out
+by, opens, and in come the two children in their wrappers._
+
+Is it daylight now? _asks_ JACK, _but he is looking toward the
+fire-place instead of toward the window._
+
+Yes, I think it is, _says_ POLLY, _and she is looking in the same
+direction._
+
+_Then they go on tiptoe to the door of the other room, where Father
+and Mother sleep; they open the door and shout:_
+
+Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_Two rather sleepy voices, from_ MOTHER _first and then from_
+FATHER, _answer:_ Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. _And_ MOTHER
+_continues,_ All right, children; we'll be there in a moment, as soon
+as we have put our wrappers on.
+
+_The children go over to the fire-place, and feel the lumpy stockings;
+and then in come Father and Mother in wrappers and nightcaps._
+
+Oh, _says_ FATHER, old Santa Claus hasn't forgotten us, has he? And
+candy canes are still in fashion, I see; I'm glad of that. Bring Mother
+her stocking, Polly; and Jack, get mine for me. We'll sit down and take
+our time about it.
+
+No fair, Jack, _cries_ POLLY. You're peeking into your stocking.
+I've only felt of mine.
+
+But my thing is in a box, _says_ JACK, so that I can't see anything
+anyway. Oh, let's begin quick.
+
+All right, _says_ FATHER, and ladies first. Mother, you lead off.
+
+Shall I? _says_ MOTHER, _feeling her stocking_. Oh, I know
+what this round thing is: it's an orange. No, it isn't either: it's a
+ball of knitting cotton. Just what I want, and the very kind I use. Now,
+Polly, it's your turn to see what is in the top of yours.
+
+I'm sure I know what mine is, _says_ POLLY, _and then as she
+draws it out._ Yes, it is: it's a doll.
+
+Why, Polly, _cries_ JACK, it's the very same doll that we--
+
+Hush! _says_ POLLY _quickly_. Yes, it's the very same kind of
+a doll I asked for. See, Mother, she has a pink sash. Isn't she lovely?
+
+Now, Jack, _says_ FATHER, I think it is your turn next. What is in
+that box of yours? Slate pencils, probably.
+
+Slate pencils! _says_ JACK, _indignantly_. You know I didn't
+want slate pencils.
+
+But are you sure you will get just what you want? _asks_ FATHER.
+
+Yes, indeed I am, _answers_ JACK, _pulling out the box and
+opening it_, and there it is--a soldier. I knew it would be that,
+because I saw it when--
+
+Hush! _says_ POLLY _quickly_. Father, it is now your turn at last.
+
+And I know all about mine, _says_ FATHER. It is soft and squashy,
+so of course it's a sponge. Now why do you suppose Santa Claus brought
+me a sponge? for my old one is quite good enough.
+
+But it isn't a sponge at all, _cries_ JACK, _who has been peeking
+into the little bundle_.
+
+Not a sponge? _says_ FATHER. But what is it, then? _He opens the
+paper_. A pair of warm gloves, I declare--just what I need. Well,
+Santa Claus is a great old fellow, and no mistake.
+
+_Mother has been turning her head toward the window, as though she
+were listening to something, and now she says:_
+
+Hush! Is that singing that I hear, far away?
+
+_They all listen, and sure enough from some distance can be heard the
+sound of singing voices. The children, nodding their heads, show that
+they hear it._
+
+What can it be? _says_ MOTHER. Why, I know; it's the Christmas
+Waits, of course, singing carols from house to house.
+
+Oh, I wish they would sing in our street, _cries_ POLLY, _and
+runs to the window. Then she exclaims,_ There they are: they are
+coming around the corner.
+
+_The others all go toward the window, and_ JACK _says
+delightedly._ One of them has a fiddle. Oh, I do hope they will stop
+here.
+
+_Then outside the window the Christmas Waits can be seen, all in warm
+caps and mittens and mufflers. They stop just in front of the window,
+hold up their music before them, and begin to sing the dear old carol,
+called_:
+
+THE CAROL OF CHRISTMAS MORNING
+
+  God rest you merry, gentlemen,
+  Let nothing you dismay.
+  Remember Christ our Saviour
+  Was born on Christmas Day.
+
+
+_When the carol is finished_, POLLY _and_ JACK _and_
+MOTHER _and_ FATHER _wave to the Waits, and cry,_ Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_And the_ WAITS _wave back and cry_: Merry Christmas! Merry
+Christmas! Merry Christmas!
+
+_And this is the end of the Play._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Characters and Costumes
+
+
+MOTHER GOOSE--The conventional costume; full skirt, peaked hat, cane,
+spectacles, mits. It is effective for her to draw her lips tight over
+her teeth so that her speech is that of a toothless old woman.
+
+POLLY--A little girl } first in ordinary indoor clothes;
+                     }
+JACK--a little boy   } afterwards in wrappers.
+
+DOCTOR JOHN--Their father; indoor clothes; also overcoat and hat;
+medicine case; afterwards in a dressing gown.
+
+MOTHER--Doctor John's wife; indoor clothes; afterwards in kimono or
+wrapper.
+
+NURSE MARY--A little old woman; first dressed for outdoors, in cloak and
+hood; simple dark dress underneath.
+
+AN ELF--Acted by a very little boy, dressed all in green; he does not
+speak.
+
+SANTA CLAUS--At first in heavy wrapper, preferably white; underneath
+this his conventional costume; later he puts on fur cap and gloves.
+
+MRS. SANTA CLAUS--Indoor clothes of red and white, corresponding to the
+conventional costume of Santa Claus.
+
+DOLL--Acted by two girls, one much smaller than the other, but both
+exactly alike as to dress, stockings, sash, hair ribbons, and color and
+arrangement of hair.
+
+SOLDIER--Acted by two boys, one much smaller than the other, but
+corresponding as closely as possible in uniform and appearance, except
+that the small one has bright red cheeks from the beginning.
+
+CHRISTMAS WAITS--Boys in outdoor clothes; warm caps, mufflers, gloves or
+mittens; one carries and plays a violin; others hold copies of the carols.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+Scenery and Scenic Effects
+
+
+SCENES I AND III.
+
+The stage should contain a table, a little at one side, opposite the
+fire-place, and five chairs, one for each of the family, and the fifth
+for Nurse Mary when she arrives. On the table a lighted lamp. For
+safety, it may be lighted by an ever-ready electric torch. The lighting
+of the stage must, of course, be otherwise provided for.
+
+There should be two doors on opposite sides of the stage, and a
+practicable window at the back, through which in the last scene a view
+of houses or landscape is visible, and the Waits at the close.
+
+As the fire-place is at the side, it is easy to arrange steps by which
+the elf and the children appear to climb up and down the chimney. A box
+or small step ladder, just out of sight on the side toward the front,
+will serve the purpose.
+
+The Carol of the Friendly Beasts may be sung to the following tune:
+
+[Illustration: Music]
+
+There is also another tune composed by Clarence Dickinson. A different
+carol may, of course, be substituted, if desired.
+
+
+SCENE II.
+
+The Shrinking Machine stands at the back of the stage, and must be
+accessible from behind, for the changing of the doll and the soldier.
+There should be doors in front which can be opened wide. At one side
+should be the crank. For this an ice cream freezer will serve, well
+secured in place, only the handle showing through the cambric side wall
+of the Machine. The sound is effective, even though the children in the
+audience will announce its identity at once.
+
+For painting the soldier's cheeks, cranberry juice is both brilliant and
+harmless.
+
+If gifts or candies are to be distributed, Mother Goose may enter again
+immediately after the final curtain, and say something like this:
+
+Well, my dear children, it is all over, and I hope it has pleased you.
+I heard you laugh once or twice, and that makes me think that you must
+have liked it. But there is one more thing to tell you, and this you
+are sure to like very much indeed. You will remember that they had only
+looked at the first things, in the very top of their stockings. Well,
+after the curtain closed, they had time to look at what was left. And
+what do you suppose Father found in the bottom of his stocking, down in
+the very toe of it? A little note from Santa Claus, telling him that
+if he would look into the fire-place he would find there some boxes of
+candy, one for every child in this audience: And sure enough, there they
+were: and if you will sit very still, the curtain will open again, and
+they will be brought out and given to you. And so, my dears, as I bid
+you Good-night, I wish you all (or, I hope you have had) a very Merry
+Christmas and (wish you) a Happy New Year.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Up the Chimney, by Shepherd Knapp
+
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