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04 - The Bird at the Window
| Content Provider | Librivox |
|---|---|
| Abstract | The worst of being a Christmas Child is that you don’t get birthday presents, but only Christmas ones. Old Naylor, who was Father’s coachman, and had a great gruff voice that came from his boots and was rather frightening, used to ask how I expected to grow up without proper birthdays, and I thought I might have to stay little always. When I told Father this he laughed, but a moment later he grew quite grave. “Listen, Chris,” he said. And then he took me on his knee - I was a small chap then - and told me things that made me forget old Naylor, and wish and wish that Mother could have stayed with us. The angels had wanted her, Father explained; well, we wanted her too, and there were plenty of angels in heaven, anyway. When I said this Father gave me a great squeeze and put me down, and I tried to be glad that I was a Christmas child. But I wasn’t really until a long time afterwards, when I had found the Fairy Ring, and met the Queen of the Fairies... (Summary by PG) |
| Related Links | http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37547 http://www.archive.org/details/fairies_christmaschild_1202_librivox |
| File Format | MP2 / MPA / MP3 |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | The Fairies and the Christmas Child |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | action & adventure children's fiction |
| Alternative Title | The Fairies and the Christmas Child - 04 - The Bird at the Window |
| Content Type | Audio |
| Resource Type | Audiobook |
