Pretty soon all the little Good
Cheer Brothers began to hurry and bustle and carry out the bundles as
fast as they could to the steps where Little Girl could hear the
jingling bells and the stamping of hoofs. So Little Girl picked up some
bundles and skipped along too, for she wanted to help a bit
herself--it's no fun whatever at Christmas unless you can help, you
know--and there in the yard stood the BIGGEST sleigh that Little Girl
had ever seen, and the reindeer were all stamping and prancing and
jingling the bells on their harnesses, because they were so eager to be
on their way to the Earth once more.
She could hardly wait for Santa to come, and just as she had begun to
wonder where he was, the door opened again and out came a whole forest
of Christmas trees, at least it looked just as if a whole forest had
started out for a walk somewhere, but a second glance showed Little
Girl that there were thousands of Christmas sprites, and that each one
carried a tree or a big Christmas wreath on his back. Behind them all,
she could hear some one laughing loudly, and talking in a big, jovial
voice that sounded as if he were good friends with the whole world.
And straightway she knew that Santa himself was coming. Little Girl's
heart went pit-a-pat for a minute while she wondered if Santa would
notice her, but she didn't have to wonder long, for he spied her at
once and said:
"Bless my soul! who's this? and where did you come from?"
Little Girl thought perhaps she might be afraid to answer him, but she
wasn't one bit afraid.
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