T minus 3 22 December 2004, 18:44

This is from 1927: A Visit from Saint Nicholas (In the Ernest Hemingway Manner) by James Thurber.

“We have visions of sugarplums,” the children said.

“Go to sleep,” said mamma.

“We can’t sleep,” said the children. They stopped talking, but I could hear them moving. They made sounds.
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Dash away

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