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the children that they had to be good and left Abraham in charge of the class.

A few minutes later, Mrs. Short returned with a tree. That's funny thought Sarah, I
thought Mrs. Short was going to get a nice surprise, why had she brought a tree
into the classroom? Abraham looked surprised as well while the rest of the class
cried out, "Oh look, a Christmas Tree!" The twins could not understand what all
the excitement was about -- it was funny to have a tree inside!

Mrs. Short placed the tree firmly on a stand. Then she went back to her desk,
opened the other box and took out some tiny lights, brightly colored balls,
ornaments, and more tinsel. The children decorated the tree and Mrs. Short
arranged the tiny lights on its branches. Once they had finished decorating it,
Mrs. Short switched on the tiny lights. The little lights, in all their colors flashed on
and off and everyone clapped. Abraham and Sarah just stood and stared at the
tree, it was the first time they had ever seen a tree decorated like this and it
looked so beautiful.

That afternoon on the way home from school, Sarah and Abraham could not stop
talking about the Christmas tree and decided they were going to ask their parents