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And soon the little man had grown so tall
He didn't seem to be a dwarf at all;
And then he took some things out of his pack
And filled my stocking till I thought 'twould crack.

And then the pack grew small, and small and small,
Until it wasn't bigger 'n' nothin' 'tall,
And Santa Claus he was a dwarf once more,
And climbed up back as he had come before.

Then just as Santa Claus got out of sight
I opened my left eye and it was light,
And there were all the things for Tommy 'n' me,
A-bursting out just as I knew they'd be.

But when I told him, Tommy laughed, and said,
I was a foolish little sleepy head,
But by and by, he said, "It must be so,
For Santa Claus had left the things, you know."

A WISH

I wish that Pa was Santa Claus
With reindeer and a pack, because,
Then he would have such lots of toys
For all his little girls and boys.

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