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o be President. Now I know better. I had wanted (something) for Christmas, I didn39。t any money. That was why there wasn39。t gone to school that fall — why I hadn39。t known it was Christmas Eve, because he hadn39。t be mistaken. But not a word about it from my father and mother. I waited in painful bewilderment all day. I had supper with them, and was allowed to sit up for an hour. I was waiting for them to say something. It39。t say anything more about it. But I wondered, and was troubled. Why didn39。t take a Sunday paper any more, and though I did not read small print, I could see the Santa Clauses and holly wreaths in the advertisements. There was a calendar in the kitchen. The red days were Sundays and holidays。 and when I came home, I confessed what I had done. She looked distressed. I told you not to! she said. But she didn39。 they weren39。t tell me how much money she had put in it, but it felt like several dimes. Only she wouldn39。s mothers would make potato soup out of them. ... Potato soup was good. My father, who was quite a joker, would always say, as if he were surprised, Ah! I see we have some nourishing potato soup today! It was so good that we had it every day. My father was at home all day long and every day, now。s answers. You need to send your answers back to me before next Saturday Nov. 22.Note: a) Just give your answers, do no copy the essay. b) Do not copy each other39。t getting enough to eat. It was the first time that I had heard about it. He asked everybody to bring some food for the poor children next Sunday. I felt very sorry for the poor children. Also, little envelopes were distributed to all the classes. Each little boy and girl was to bring money for the poor, next Sunday. The pretty Sundayschool teacher explained that we were to write our names, or have our parents write them, up in the lefthand corner of the little envelopes. ... I told my mother all about it when I came home. And