George Allen & Unwin (1976; Written 1920–1943) · Written & Illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien
“I am very old—nineteen hundred and twenty-five years old to be exact—and my hand is shaky, though the North Polar Bear says it is the cold and not my age that makes the ink wobble.”
“I am very old—nineteen hundred and twenty-five years ol...”
“The North Polar Bear climbed to the top of the North Po...”
“ In 1926 the North Polar Bear accidentally turned on al...”
“Even in a dark and troubled year, I still keep a warm c...”
“Goodbye now, my dear Priscilla, and don't forget old Fa...”
“Never forget that there are at least two sides to every...”
“I am very old—nineteen hundred and twenty-five years old to be exact—and my hand is shaky, though the North Polar Bear says it is the cold and not my age that makes the ink wobble.”
“The North Polar Bear climbed to the top of the North Pole to fetch the hood of my coat, and the Pole broke in the middle and fell on the roof of my house!”
“ In 1926 the North Polar Bear accidentally turned on all the Northern Lights for two years at once, and the explosion shook the stars out of place and woke the Man in the Moon.”
“Even in a dark and troubled year, I still keep a warm corner in Cliff House for the children who remember to hang up their stockings in hope.”
“Goodbye now, my dear Priscilla, and don't forget old Father Christmas when you hang up your last stocking—for love does not stop when the stockings are put away.”
“Never forget that there are at least two sides to every Christmas stocking: the inside that receives, and the hands that fill it in secret.”