XVII
-Children and toys,
They make so much noise!
And Christmas,
What a nonsense!
Said an old men
Watching a little train
In a shop window
While outside everything was covered with snow.
But when he got at home
He felt he was alone,
In the stove was no fire
And late was the hour.
He felt asleep and dreamed
About times that were mild,
When he was a boy
And received his first Christmas present, a toy
Which made him much joy.
The Teddy bear he received
Was brown and he moved
His feet when the boy
Lifted him up in the air.
But after one year
His parents took the bear
Away from him, at the next Christmas celebration.
The boy got sad
And felt very bad,
He cried in the night
When there was no light.
Then the old men woke up,
Because the dream was bad.
He felt so sad
That he could cry,
His cheeks were not dry,
But in the little room, on a chair
Set his old Teddy bear.
The man could swear
That nobody entered the room.
It still was Christmas noon.
He thought that Santa Clause
Entered the house
And that miracles can happen
Sometimes when
We feel very sad.
Life isn’t so bad
After all! In the morning
It was still snowing
And the snowman under the tree
Was the most beautiful thing he could see!