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Title: Little Tales of The Desert
Author: Ethel Twycross Foster
Illustrator: Hernando G. Villa
Release Date: December 15, 2009 [EBook #30686]
Language: English
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LITTLE TALES OF THE DESERT
_By_
ETHEL TWYCROSS FOSTER, L. L. B.
_Member Suffolk Bar_
_Illustrations by_
HERNANDO G. VILLA
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
COPYRIGHT 1913 BY ETHEL T. FOSTER
KINGSLEY, MASON AND COLLINS CO.
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
LOS ANGELES
Contents
CHRISTMAS ON THE DESERT 5
TRADE RATS 7
A CHAT WITH MRS. COTTONTAIL 9
RABBITS AND CACTUS BURRS 11
THE DANGEROUS PET 13
A VISIT TO PALM SPRINGS 15
THE ROAD-RUNNER 17
A STRANGE CAPTURE 19
A DESERT MAY PARTY 21
[Illustration: _Christmas on the Desert_]
[Illustration]
CHRISTMAS ON THE DESERT
MARY was worried. To-morrow would be Christmas. Christmas! a day always
spent close to New York City, that place where Santa Claus obtained all
the contents of his wonderful pack. Here she was, out in the heart of
the great Arizona Desert. Her little head was sorely puzzled over many
things. Around her were sand, rocks and mountains; no snow, no ice, save
on the tops of the distant peaks. How was Santa to draw his gift-laden
sleigh over barren stretches of sage brush and sand? Besides, he surely
would be far too warm, with his heavy fur coat and cap, to say nothing
of the poor reindeer who could scarcely live in such a country.
Mary and her mother had joined her father at his mine, where they were
going to spend the winter, sleeping in a tent, eating in a tent, but
spending
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