ps the
heavenly host who sang "Peace and Goodwill" to the shepherds was the
same, though the robins do not assert that.

Of one thing they are certain: that every time a baby is born God
laughs again and His laughter travels down the ages. And that is why on
Christmas Day everyone is especially kind to children, because it was a
little child who gave the first laugh and taught grown people, even God
Himself, how easy it is to love when one is merry.

THE END

CHRISTMAS OUTSIDE OF EDEN

_By_

CONINGSBY DAWSON

_Author of_ "The Little House,"
"The Seventh Christmas,"
"Carry On," etc.

WITH _ILLUSTRATIONS_ BY

EUGENE FRANCIS SAVAGE

A delightful Christmas fantasy told with inimitable charm and delicate
humor. It is "the story the robins tell as they huddle beneath the holly
on the Eve of Christmas"--the sensation created by the birth of the
first baby, among the animals on earth, the angels in heaven, and even
in the mind of the surprised Almighty Himself. The conception of the
Deity is a primitive one, as required by the nature of the tale, and the
story should be read as a "myth-story."

DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

_Publishers_ NEW YORK

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