It had seemed to the little Wendell children that they would have a very sad Christmas . Mama had been and papa had been so anxious about mama that he could not think of anything else.
When Christmas Day came, was so much better that she could lie on the lounge. The children all brought their stockings room to open them.
“ You children all seem as happy as if you had had your usual Christmas tree,” as they sat around her.
“ Why, I never had such a happy Christmas before,” said sweet little Agnes. “And you are well again.”
“ Now I think you must all run out for the rest of the nurse, “because your mama wants to see you all again this evening.”
“ I wish we could get expressly for mama’s amusement,” said Agnes, when they had gone into the nursery.
“ How would you like some tableaux in here?” asked their French governess, Miss Marcelle.
“ Oh, yes,” they all cried, “it would mama loves tableaux.”
So all day long they were busy arranging five tableaux for the evening. The tableaux be in the room which had folding-doors opening into Mrs. Wendell’s sitting-room.
MAMA’S HAPPY Christmas
At the proper time Miss the folding-doors and made a pretty little speech. She said that some young ladies and a young permission to show some tableaux to Mrs. Wendell if she would like to see them. Mrs. Wendell would be charmed.
Then mademoiselle announced the tableaux; opening the doors wide for each one. This is a tableaux: First, The Sleeping Beauty; second, Little Red Riding Hood; third, The Fairy Queen; fourth, Old Mother Lord High Admiral.
Miss Marcelle had arranged everything so nicely, and Celeste, the French maid, helped so much that the pictures all went off without a single mistake.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL
Mama was said she must kiss those dear young ladies, and that delightful young man who had given her charming surprise.
So all the children came in rosy and smiling.
“ Why, didn’t you know us?” asked the
“ I know this,” said mama, “I am like Agnes; I never had such a happy Christmas before.”
MIRIAM T. BARNARD.
Originally posted 2009-11-02 15:27:39.
Tags:children, christmas, tree, time, happy, Kids
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