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Title: A Christmas Child
A Sketch of a Boy-Life

Author: Mrs. Molesworth

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Language: English

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A CHRISTMAS CHILD

A Sketch of a Boy-Life

by

MRS. MOLESWORTH

Author of
'Carrots,' 'Cuckoo Clock,' Etc.

Illustration:
"The Story of Sunny."--_Frontispiece_.

Illustration:
Skating Scene

Illustrated by Walter Crane

'O Christmas, merry Christmas!
Is it really come again?
With its memories and greetings,
With its joy and with its pain.'

London
Macmillan And Co.
1880

TO
_The Two Friends_
WHO WILL BEST UNDERSTAND THIS
SIMPLE LITTLE STORY
I DEDICATE IT
WITH MUCH AFFECTION

Paris, _May_ 1880.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
BABY TED 1

CHAPTER II.
IN THE GARDEN 18

CHAPTER III.
WISHES AND FEARS 37

CHAPTER IV.
THE STORY OF SUNNY 58

CHAPTER V.
THE STORY OF SUNNY (_Concluded_) 76

CHAPTER VI.
LITTLE NARCISSA 94

CHAPTER VII.
GETTING BIG 116

CHAPTER VIII.
"STATISTICS" 137

CHAPTER IX.
A PEACOCK'S FEATHER AND A KISS 161

CHAPTER X.
SOME RAINY ADVENTURES 179

CHAPTER XI.
"IT'S ONLY I, MOTHER" 200

CHAPTER XII.
THE WHITE CROSS 216

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

"THE STOR