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Page B6 THE HERALD Wednesday December Arts and Ideas A Christmas remembered frPwJ ByJOHNSOMMER Some quiet nights ago I woke up and thought of a Christmas over years in the past I will try to write down what I remember The Dutch tile stove in the nursery is spreading a cosy warmth and the sweet scent of hot apples that wafts out of the stoves warming box is mouthwatering Ice flowers grow on the window panes and with their warm breath two boys ag ed three and nine blow holes into the thin layer of ice to watch what is happening in the farmyard out side and below Not much is happening the work on the farm has moved in doors The yard is still and while under the thick blanket of winter In the nursery a canary flies a swift yellow dart of bright color from its open cage to the toy chest and from there to its favorite resting place the shoulder of the older boy These two are inseparable The nanny in her chair close to the stove is knitting Christmas is only days away The faint music of Through their spy holes the boys see the big horsedrawn sleigh with their parents dashing into view The older boy yells ray they are back and he jumps away from the window and races to the door Close the door after you calls the nanny and the running boy shuts the door with a BANG The canary who is always following my brother only a yard behind gets caught by the door and is instantly killed My brother is inconsolable He puts the small heap of blood and feathers in a box and does not part from it He sits alone in his room with the box in his hands and is shaken by sobs not even our nanny is able to stop Days later on Christmas Eve Hwr Winston Churchill in VIDEO PLUS Weil of Georgetown Fruit BRING HOME A STAR NOW IN Dick Tracy Women Man Slorles of Seduction TheEwok Ad vent u II And Much Much Moral lion lure 134 St Unit Georgetown Ontario John Sommer my parents decide to drive with us to town in the afternoon to have a look at the Christmas Fair My brother refuses to go He is heartbroken and all the temptations of the world cannot make him forget his beloved companion We others bundle up m blankets and furs for the sleigh to town The two fine horses pull us afong smoothly The crystal sound of the bells puts a spell over the land The sun shines the snow is blindingly white the familiar road becomes an avenue of bliss I am tucked in between my parents Flakes of snow blow against my face and make it tingle Ahead of us rise the spires of the old town Out of a hundred chimneys plumes of smoke billow towards a very blue sky My father stables the horses in the Inn of the Golden Lion That done we walk around in a bewildering miniature town of stalls cnss crossed by lanes that fill the vast market square to the bursting point I am surrounded by wonders and do not know where to look first A Punch and Judy show a carousel with children riding king 10MOUNTAINVIEWRD GEORGETOWN 87751778 Wishing All Our Customers A Very Merry Christmas From The Staff And Management of King Pizza FREE 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hangs a cage with a canary like the one my brother is mourning over To me that is a miracle How can there be another bird like the lost one I pull at my mothers skirt and point to the bird in the cage My parents buy the bird and we take It to the inn Soon we go home with the cage safely hidden under our covers It is almost dark when we get back to the farm A few deer that have assembled around a feeding station in the park look up and watch the pass ing sleigh Later that night a bell sum mons the household to the ingroom where an awesome tree shines with the flickering light of many candles There are presents of course but all I remember is my brothers face when he discovers the resur rected bird in its cage I sense though I am very young how his aching heart is mending Since the terrible kill ing remorse had darkened his eyes Now they light up in anticipa He is returning to us from his self imposed exile We Serve Halibut Cod Shrimp Onion Ring Mushrooms Ch Fingers Children Sue Orders 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