Day Nine - December 9, 1998
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Especially SnowBaby Gerry :)
He did it all, and infinitely more;
and to Tiny Tim, who did not die,
he was a second father.
He became as good a friend,
as good a master, and as good a man,
as the good old city knew, or any other good
old city, town, or borough, in the good old world.
Some people laughed to see the alteration in him,
but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise
enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good,
at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset;
and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it
quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins,
as have the malady in less attractive forms.
His own heart laughed: and
that was quite enough for him.
but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle,
ever afterwards; and it was always said of him,
that he knew how to keep Christmas well,
if any man alive possessed the knowledge.
May that be truly said of us, and all of us!
God Bless Us, Every One!
as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!
A Christmas Carol: The Complete Text
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