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diff --git a/old/67105-0.txt b/old/67105-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d807c17..0000000 --- a/old/67105-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,728 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Animals' Christmas Tree, by The -Rev. John P. Peters - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Animals' Christmas Tree - -Author: The Rev. John P. Peters - -Release Date: January 4, 2022 [eBook #67105] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANIMALS' CHRISTMAS -TREE *** - - - - - -The Animals’ Christmas Tree - - - - - The - Animals’ Christmas Tree - - By - The Rev. John P. Peters - - [Illustration] - - New York - E. P. Dutton & Company - 681 Fifth Avenue - - - - - COPYRIGHT, 1916 - BY - E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY - - - The Knickerbocker Press, New York - - - - -PUBLISHER’S NOTE - - -Originally published in the columns of _The Churchman_, this little -fable has been so often asked for, and since the outbreak of the War -has proved to embody such an obvious and important truth, that it has -been thought best to give it a wider publicity by re-issuing in its -present form. - -Acknowledgment is hereby made of the courteous permission given by the -Editor of _The Churchman_. - - - - -The Animals’ Christmas Tree - - - - -The Animals’ Christmas Tree - -[Illustration] - - -Once upon a time the animals decided to have a Christmas tree, and this -was how it came about. The swifts and the swallows in the chimneys in -the country houses, awakened from their sleep by joy and laughter, -had stolen down and peeped in upon scenes of happiness, the centre -of which was always an evergreen tree covered with wonderful fruit, -bright balls of many colors, and sparkling threads of gold and silver, -lying like beautiful frost-work among the green fir needles. A sweet, -fairy-like figure of a Christ-Child or an angel rested high among the -branches, and underneath the tree were dolls and sleds and skates and -drums and toys of every sort, and furs and gloves and tippets, ribbons -and handkerchiefs, and all the things that boys and girls need and -like; and all about this tree were gathered always little children with -faces oh! so full of wonderment and expectation, changing to radiant, -sparkling merriment as toys and candies were taken off the tree or from -underneath its boughs and distributed among them. - -The swifts and the swallows told their feathered friends all about it, -and they told others, both birds and animals, until at last it began -to be rumored through all the animal world that on one day in the year -the children of men were made wonderfully happy by means of some sort -of a festival which they held about a fir-tree from the forest. Now, -of course the tame animals and the house animals, the dogs and the -cats and the mice, knew something more about this festival. But then, -they did not exchange visits with the wild animals, because they felt -themselves above them. They were always trying to be like men and -women, you know, putting on airs and pretending to know everything; but -after all they were animals and could not help making friendships now -and then with the wild creatures, especially when the men and women -were not there. And when they were asked about the Christmas tree, they -told still more wonderful stories than the swifts and the swallows -from the chimneys had told, for some of them had taken part in these -festivals, and some had even received presents from the tree, just like -the children. They said that the tree was called a Christmas tree, -because that strange fruit and that wonderful frosting came on it only -in the Christmas time, and that the Christmas time was the time when -men and women and little children, too, were always kind and good and -loving and gave things to one another; and they said, moreover, that -on the Christmas tree grew the things which everyone wanted and which -would make them happy, and that it was so, because in the Christmas -time everyone was trying to make everyone else happy and to think of -what other people would like. This they said was what they had seen -and heard told about Christmas trees. They did not quite understand -why it was so but they knew that the Christmas tree, when rightly -made, brought the Christmas spirit, and they had heard men say that -the Christmas spirit was the great thing, and that that was what made -everyone happy. - -Well, the long and the short of it was that the animals talked of it in -their dens and on their roosts, in the fields and in the forests, wild -beasts and tame alike--the cows and horses in their stalls, the sheep -in their fold, the doves in their cotes, and the poultry in the poultry -yard, until all agreed that a Christmas tree would be a grand thing for -wild and tame alike. Like the men they, too, would have a tree of their -very own. But how to do it? - -Then the lion called a meeting of all the creatures, wild and tame, -for you know the lion is king of beasts and when he calls they all -must come. You know, too, that before and during and after these animal -congresses, there is a royal peace. The lamb can come to the meeting -and sit down by the wolf, and the wolf dare not touch him; the dove -may perch on the bough between the hawk and the owl and neither will -harm him, when the great king of beasts has summoned them all together -to take counsel. But you know all about the rules of the animals, for -you have read them in books, and you have seen the pictures: how the -lion sits on his throne with a crown on one side of his head, and -all the other creatures gather about--the elephant, and giraffe, the -hippopotamus, the buffalo, wolves and tigers and leopards, foxes and -deer, goats and sheep, monkeys and orang-outangs, parrots and robins -and turkeys and swans and storks and eagles and frogs and lizards and -alligators, and all the rest besides. - -Then, when the lion had called the meeting to order, the swifts and -the swallows told what they had seen, and a fat little pug-dog, with -a ribbon and a silver bell about his neck, wheezed out a story of a -Christmas tree that he had seen, and how a silver bell had grown -on that tree for him and a whole box of the best sweets he had ever -dreamed of while he lay comfortably snoozing on his cushion before the -fire. And a Persian cat, with her hair turned the wrong way, mewed out -her story of a Christmas tree that she had attended, and how there was -a white mouse made of cream cheese for her creeping about beneath the -branches. - -Then the monkeys chattered and the elephants trumpeted, the horses -neighed, the hyenas laughed, and each in its own way argued for a -Christmas tree and told what they would do to help to make it. The -elephant would go into the forest and choose the tree and pull it up. -The buffaloes would drag it in. The giraffe would fix the ornaments on -the higher limbs, because its neck was long. The monkeys would scramble -up where the giraffe could not reach. The squirrels could run out on -the slender twigs and help the monkeys. The birds would fly about and -get the golden threads and put them on the tree with their beaks. The -fire-flies would hide themselves among the branches and sparkle like -diamonds, and the glow-worms promised to help the fire-flies by playing -candles, if someone would lift them up and put them on the branches. -The parrots and paroquets and other birds of gay plumage would give -feathers to hang among the branches, and the humming-birds promised to -flutter in and out among the twigs, and the sheep to give white wool to -lie like snow among the boughs. - -Then the parrots screeched and the peacocks screamed with delight, -and you and I never could have told whether anybody voted aye or nay; -but the lion knew and the owl, for he was clerk, set it down in the -minutes, as the lion bade him, that all the birds and beasts would do -their part. So each planned what he could do. Even the little beetle, -who makes great balls of earth, thought that if he could only once see -one of those gay balls that grow on the children’s Christmas tree, he -might make some for the animals’ tree; different birds and beasts told -of the oranges and apples and holly-berries and who knows what they -could get and hang upon the tree. You see the animals came from many -places, and then, too, they could send the carrier pigeons to go and -bring fruit and berries, and who knows what besides, from oh, so far -away, because the carrier pigeons can fly through the air no one knows -how fast or how far. - -Well, I cannot tell you everything that each one was going to do, but -if you will go and get your Noah’s ark and take the animals out one by -one, then you surely will think it out for yourself, for you have all -the animals there. - -And so they arranged how they would ornament the tree, and the next -thing was to decide what presents should be hung on the tree or put -beneath its boughs, for each one must have his present. Well, after -much discussion in roars, and bellows, crows and croaks, lows and -screams and bleats, and baas and grunts, and all the other sounds -of bird and beast language, it was voted that each might choose the -present he wished hung on the tree. The clerkly owl should call their -names one by one, and each might declare his choice. So they began. The -parrots and the macaws thought that they would like oranges and bananas -and such things, which would look so pretty on the tree, too; and so -they were arranged for. The robins and the cedar birds chose cherries; -the partridges, partridge berries; the squirrels, red and gray and -black, nuts and apples and pears. The monkeys said the popcorn strings -would do for them, and the cats and dogs, remembering the Christmas -gifts which the pug-dog and Persian cat had told about, asked for tiny -mice made of cream cheese or chocolate. By and by it came the pig’s -turn to tell his choice. “Grunt, grunt!” said the pig, “I want a nice -pail of swill hung on the very lowest bough of all.” - -“Ugh!” said the black leopard, so sleek and so clean. - -“Faugh!” said the gazelle, with his dainty sense of smell. - -“Neigh!” said the horse, so daintily groomed. - -“What!” roared the lion, “what’s that you want?” - -“A pail of swill,” grunted the pig. “Each one has chosen what he wants, -and I have a right to choose what I want.” - -“But,” roared the lion, “each one has chosen something beautiful to -make the tree a joy to all.” - -“Grunt, grunt,” said the pig. “The parrots and the macaws are going -to have oranges and bananas, and the robins and the cedar birds red -cherries, the partridges their berries, the squirrels nuts and apples -and pears, the dog and the cat their cream and chocolate mice. They all -have what they want to eat. Grunt, grunt,” said he; “I will have what I -want to eat, too, and what I want is a pail of swill.” - -Now, you see, it had been voted, as I told you, that each should choose -what he wanted hung on the tree for him, and so the lion could not help -himself. If the pig chose swill, swill he must have, and angrily he had -to roar: “If the pig wants swill, a pail of swill he must have, hung -on the lowest bough of the tree!” - -Then the wolf’s wicked eyes gleamed, for his turn was next, and he -said: “If the pig has swill because he wants swill to eat, I must have -what I want to eat, and I want a tender lamb, six months old.” And at -that all the lambs and the sheep bleated and baaed. - -“Ha, ha!” barked the fox; “then I want a turkey!” And the turkeys -gobbled in fear. - -“And I,” said the tiger, “want a yearling calf.” And the cows and the -calves lowed in horror. - -“And I,” said the owl, the clerk, “I want a plump dove.” - -“And I,” said the hawk, “will take a rabbit.” - -“And I,” said the leopard, “want a deer or a gazelle.” - -Then all was fear and uproar. The hares and the rabbits scuttled into -the grass; the gazelles and the deer bounded away; the sheep and cattle -crowded close together; the small birds rose in the air in flocks; and -the Christmas tree was like to have come to grief and ended, not in -Christmas joy, but in fear and hatred and terror. - -Then a little timid lamb stepped out and bleated: “Ah! king lion, it -would be very sad if all the animals should lose their Christmas tree, -for the very thought of that tree has brought us closer together, and -here we were, wild and tame, fierce and timid, met together as friends; -and oh! king lion, rather than there should not be a tree, they may -take me and hang me on it. Let them not take the turkeys and gazelles -and the calves and the rabbits, and all the rest that they have chosen. -Let the tigers and leopards, and wolves and foxes and eagles, and hawks -and owls and all their kind be content that their Christmas present -shall be a lamb; and so we may come together again and have our happy -Christmas tree, and each have what he wishes.” - -“But,” said the lion, “what will you have? If you give yourself, then -you will have no Christmas present.” - -“Yes,” said the lamb, “I, too, shall have what I want, for I shall have -brought them all together again, and made each one happy.” - -Then a dove fluttered down from a tree and landed on the ground beside -the lamb, and very timidly and softly she cooed: “Take me, too, king -lion, as the present for the owls and the hawks, and the weasels and -the minks, because for them a lamb is too big. I am the best present -for them. Take me, king lion!” - -Then the lion roared: “See what the lamb and the dove have done! My -food, oh, tigers and leopards and wolves and eagles and all your kind, -is like your food; but I would rather eat nothing from our Christmas -tree than take this lamb or this dove for my present.” - -Then all the beasts kept still, because the lion roared so loud and -angrily, and the birds that were flying away settled on the branches -of the trees, and the gazelles stopped their running and turned their -heads to listen, and the rabbits peeped out through the grass and brush -where they had hid. Then the lion turned to the pig, and roared: - -“See this lamb and this dove! Are you not ashamed for what you have -done? You have spoiled all our happiness. Will you take back your -choice, you pig, or do you wish to ruin our Christmas tree?” - -“Grunt, grunt,” said the pig, “it is my right. I want something good. -I don’t care for your lambs and your doves. I want my swill!” - -Then the lion roared again: “Have all chosen?” and all answered, “Yes.” - -“Then,” said the lion, “it is my choice.” - -And all said: “It is.” - -“I love fat and tender pigs. I choose a pig for my Christmas gift,” -roared the lion. - -Did you ever hear a pig squeal? Oh, how that pig squealed then! And -he got up on his fat little legs and tried to run away, but all the -animals gathered around in a ring and the hyenas laughed, and the -jackals cried, and the dogs and the wolves and the foxes headed him -off, and hunted the poor pig back again. Then, when the pig found that -he could not run away, he lay down on his back with his feet in the air -and squealed with all his might: “Oh, I don’t want the swill; oh, I -don’t want the swill! I take it all back! I don’t want anything!” - -But at first no one heard him, because all were talking at once in -their own way--barking and growling and roaring and chattering; but by -and by the lion saw that the pig was squealing something, so he roared -for silence, and then they all heard the pig squeal out that he did -not want any swill. And the lion roared aloud: “You have heard. Has the -owl recorded that the pig will have no swill?” - -“Yes,” said the owl. - -“Then,” said the lion, “record that the lion wants no pig.” - -Then the tiger growled: “And I want no calf,” and one by one the -leopard and the eagle, the wolf and the fox, the hawk and the owl, and -all their kind, took back their votes. - -And so it came about that the animals did have a Christmas tree after -all; but instead of hanging lambs and doves upon the tree, they agreed -that they could hang little images of lambs and doves, and other birds -and animals, too, perhaps. And by and by the custom spread until the -humans came to hang the same little images on their trees, too, and -when you see a little figure of a lamb or a dove on the Christmas tree, -you may know that it is all because the lamb and the dove, by their -unselfishness, saved the animals from strife; for neither thought -what he wanted from the tree, but each was ready to give himself for -the others, so that they might not fight and kill one another at the -Christmas time. - -Was it not cruel of the wolves and tigers and leopards and foxes to -wish to eat the doves and sheep and rabbits and hares? But after all, -the worst one of the lot, I think, was the pig; for the pig began the -trouble, because he only thought of what Mr. Pig wanted for himself. - -And do you know, I think that after all that is the trouble everywhere. -We can get along all right if the pig will only keep away, for when -the pig comes and begins to think what he can get for himself, without -thinking of the pleasure and the comfort of anyone else, why, then the -fun is all spoiled, and pretty soon all sorts of bad tempers and bad -passions are let loose. - - - - -TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: - - - Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANIMALS' CHRISTMAS -TREE *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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