‘Here are Bill’s skates and Belinda’s sewing-box with a lock and key,’ went on Santa Claus, reaching down first into one deep pocket and then into the other. ‘Put them on top of the blankets. And here is Ann Mary’s sleepy doll. You made her, Merrythought. She is one of your prettiest. This is Tom’s Jack-in-the-Box. What’s this? Oh, Matilda’s Jumping Jack. How he can jump! And here is Polly’s woolly lamb on green wheels with a bell round his neck. Now, just a little candy,’ finished Santa Claus, packing seven boxes neatly on the edge of the sled, ‘and we are off.’ Into the sleigh, fairly empty now, climbed Merrythought and Santa Claus. ‘Wait! My pie!’ exclaimed Merrythought, pulling it from his pocket. ‘I will break it in two and share with you.’ The pie was so small it could be eaten in two bites, but Santa Claus and Merrythought did not speak of that. They only said how good it was and how well Belinda baked for a girl of her years. The little pie plate was made of tin, and as the sleigh moved off Merrythought took aim and sent it flying straight at the little front door. Clatter! Clatter! Rush! Out on the doorstep tumbled the seven children, head-first, pell-mell. They spied the toys, they seized them, they screamed for joy. Santa Claus and Merrythought laughed aloud, they were so happy too. ‘My sled! My skates!’ ‘A sleepy doll! She really sleeps!’ ‘See my Jumping Jack! He jumps so high!’ ‘Look! Look! My Jack-in-the-Box!’ ‘A real little key and it locks as tight as tight can be!’ ‘Tinkle! Tinkle! Tinkle!’ from the woolly lamb. Merrythought leaned from the sleigh and waved his hand, though of course the children could not see him at all. ‘Too many toys, Merrythought?’ asked Santa Claus, looking down at the Brownie at his side. Merrythought laughed and shook his head. ‘No, not enough toys,’ answered he. ‘The moment I reach home I am going to begin to make toys for those seven children for next year. But best of all, Santa Claus, I have found Christmas,’ said Merrythought. ‘I have found Christmas again.’ THE END TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.