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- The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
- by
- L. Frank Baum
- Contents
- YOUTH
- MANHOOD
- OLD AGE
- YOUTH
- 1. Burzee
- 2. The Child of the Forest
- 3. The Adoption
- 4. Claus
- 5. The Master Woodsman
- 6. Claus Discovers Humanity
- 7. Claus Leaves the Forest
- MANHOOD
- 1. The Laughing Valley
- 2. How Claus Made the First Toy
- 3. How the Ryls Colored the Toys
- 4. How Little Mayrie Became Frightened
- 5. How Bessie Blithesome Came to the Laughing Valley
- 6. The Wickedness of the Awgwas
- 7. The Great Battle Between Good and Evil
- 8. The First Journey with the Reindeer
- 9. "Santa Claus!"
- 10. Christmas Eve
- 11. How the First Stockings Were Hung by the Chimneys
- 12. The First Christmas Tree
- OLD AGE
- 1. The Mantle of Immortality
- 2. When the World Grew Old
- 3. The Deputies of Santa Claus
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