Mabel (waits a moment). She’s not there yet, Esther. Ring her up again. (Esther rings quite hard.) Now she is there, and she wants to know why we bother her so on Christmas Eve.
Esther. Mrs. Santa, please send some one after Mr. Santa, and tell him that we are two good little girls, and we want a muff and a pair of skates, and some candy canes as long as your arm. Now don’t forget, Mrs. Santa—a muff, and skates, and candy canes as long as myself.
Mabel. She says that Santa is too far away, and nobody could catch him now. And she says that we must not bother her any more as she is busy making her Christmas pies.
Esther (to Mabel). But I want my candy cane (rings several times).
Mabel (frightened). Oh, Esther, Mrs. Santy will be awfully angry with us. Let’s go away.
Esther (getting impatient). Does she answer the ring?
Mabel. No. (Esther rings harder than before.) Now she is there and she wants to know if it is the same two little girls.
Esther (into the phone). Yes, it’s Mabel and me, and we want Santa Claus to bring us some skates, and a muff and candy canes as long as a fishing-pole.
Mabel. She says that we must be good or Santa won’t come to (name your town) tonight at all. We bother her a lot, she says.