Each one of the children had something of his very own for Grandfather.
Thekla had knit a warm scarf for him. Max can carve in wood, so he had made a stout cane and had carved it very handsomely.
Hans drew a picture for him, and the dear little Gretchen gave him two of her very best kisses.
Oh, it was a very happy Christmas!
ROBIN REDBREAST
Good-by, good-by to summer!
For summer’s nearly done;
The garden smiling faintly,