Literature and Art 



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"The night before Christmas " 



Lesson 77 



ANOTHER GIFT-BEARER 



IN far-off Russia the children think that their 

 gifts are brought by a little old woman, Bab- 

 oushka. This is the story they tell about her. 



Long, long ago an old woman was cleaning her 

 house when she saw approaching three strange- 

 looking men. She asked them where they were 



