The school magazine of literature for our boys and girls / the Department of Education, New South Wales

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Vol. 8 No. 10 Part 2 Class 4 (November 2, 1923)
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THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE  

OF  

Literature for our Boys and Girls.  

ISSUED MONTHLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NEW SOUTH WALEia,  

past II FOR CLASS' IV  

fßegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, for Transmission by Post as Newspaper.]  

Copies of this Magazine may be purchased from Government Printer and all Booksellers.  

Vol. VIII.—No. 10.  

SYDNEY.  

November 1, 1923  

THE LEGEND OF BABOUSCKA.  

It was the night the dear Christ-child came to Bethlehem.  

In country far away from Him, an old, old woman named  

Babouscka sat in her snug little house by her warm fire.  

The wind was drifting the snow outside and howling down  

the chimney, but it only made Babouscka's fire burn more  

brightly.  

‘ How glad am that may stay indoors !'' said  

Babouscka, holding her hands out to the bright blaze.  

Suddenly she heard loud rap at her door. She opened  

it, and her candle shone on three old men standing outside  

in the snow. Their beards were as white as the snow,  

and so long that they almost reached the ground.  

Their eyes shone kindly in the light of Babouska’s  

candle, and their arms were full of precious things—boxes  

of beautiful jewels, sweet-smelling oils and valuable oint-  

ments.  

“We have travelled far, Babouscka,” they said, “and  

we stop to tell you of the Baby Prince bom this night in  

Bethlehem. He comes to rule the world, and to teach all  

men to be loving and true. We carry Him gifts. Come  

with us, Babouscka.”  

But Babouscka looked at the drifting snow and then  

inside at the cosy room.  

“It is too late for me to go with you, good sirs,” she  

said. “ The weather is too cold.”  

She went inside again and shut the door, and the old  

men journeyed on to Bethlehem without her. But as she  

sat by her fire, she began to think about the little Christ-  

child, for she loved all babies.  

Price d.l  

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