Then the farmer and his wife made a bow and the Ink-Bottle Babies clapped their hands and shouted, “Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!”

CHAPTER V
A WONDERFUL DREAM

January now is here,

The first glad month of all the year;

Get your sled and snowshoes out;

The coasting is good without a doubt;

We are so merry and glad, ho! ho!

We like the winter’s ice and snow;

I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies say,