Up the Chimney

Up the Chimney is a Juvenile Fiction story Book. The book describes that The curtain opens, and you see a room in a house and four people, just as Mother Goose promised. On one side is a fire place, and notice the stockings hanging by it. At the back is a window, looking out into the street, but you cannot see anything there, because it is dark out of doors. The little girl's name is Polly, but the first one to speak is her brother, named Jack, who looks up from his letter and says: Mother, how do you spell "friend"? Mother answers : F, r, i, e, n, d. Have you nearly finished your letter, Jack? Yes, says Jack, still writing. Then he stops, straightens up and says, There! It's all done. Shall I read it to you, Mother? Do, Mother answers. And Father puts down his newspaper to listen, and Polly stops writing. Mother goes on knitting, because she can knit and listen at the same time. So Jack reads : "Dear Santa Claus, I have been very good this year most of the time; and I wish you would bring me a toy soldier. I am very well and I hope you are. Your loving little friend, Jack". Is that all right, Mother? It is a very good letter, says Mother; only I thought you were going to speak about that pair of warm gloves for Father.