Excerpt from The Kettle Club: Christmas Tales for Children Do you notice that Hulda, the maid-servant, with her sleeves rolled up, is skimming the cream ofl' great shining pans of milk in the dairy, to get every thing ready for an early churning to morrow? And do you know that Zedekiah, the man-servant, is looking after the pretty brown calves, and pigs in the barn-yard, that they may have nice, warm beds this cold night? You may wonder that none of the family enjoyed the warm kitchen, but they are all off on a frolic of a sleigh-ride, so, if you were some miles away, the tinkle of their bells might be heard. N ow I will draw the curtain, if you please, that the Saucepan, Cricket, Kettle and Teapot may have affairs their own way, without the inter ference of strangers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.