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Merry Christmas

by Aileen Fisher

Aileen Fisher

I saw on the snow
when I tried my skis
the track of a mouse
beside some trees.

Before he tunneled
to reach his house
he wrote “Merry Christmas”
in white, in mouse.




Quotes of the Day

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it

• Maya Angelou



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