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Christmas time for boys and girls�������� �Is a happy day,�������� �For we go to grandmamma�s
���������������������������������������������������������������� �And eat and sing and play. ����������������������������� Grandma does �not� say to us� ������� �����������������������������Stop that horrid noise!"������
���������� �Cause she understands we Can't
������������ When we�re �only boys.��������������� And she lets the girls play house,
In the garret old,
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Grandma doesn�t scold.
But we ought to pick them up,Even on Christmas day,For we shouldn�t make kind friendsTrouble with our play.����������������������� Yes, we love the Christmas time������������������������� Best of all the year,We have waited for it long,Now, at last, it�s here.
Vocabulary
Horrid: unpleasant, offensive, or vile
Strew: litter or mess up as in leaving toys everywhere.
Scolds: yell at or admonish
Questions:
1. What time of the year is it? SundayEasterChristmasNew Year's Day
2.�The children eat, sleepcrysing, and play when they come.
3.��Grandma never says, �Stop that�wonderfulhorridbeautiful noise.�
4. She knows that we�can'twantwill not stop the noise.
5.���� Where do the girls play house? in the garagein the basementin the garretin the laundry room
6.�Where is this place located? at the playgroundin the upper room near the roofin the backyare
7.�When the children �strew� things around, Grandma never scoldsteasescleanslaughs.
8.��The narrator says that the children should pick up their�dogsbooksclothestoys even onEasterChristmasHalloweenLabor day.
