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CHRISTMAS AFT ERTHOUGHT by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: AFTER A THOUGHTFUL, ALMOST PAINFUL
Last Line: "WHEN HE WUZ IST A LITTLE BOY LIKE ME!"
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; SANTA CLAUS; THOUGHT; NATIVITY, THE; NICHOLAS, SAINT; THINKING;
AFTER a thoughtful, almost painful pause,
Bub sighed, "I'm sorry fer old @3Santy Claus:@1 --
They @3wuz@1 no Santy Claus, ner @3couldn't@1 be,
When @3he@1 wuz ist a little boy like me!"



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