Sparkle Days
It was winter.
Winter!
Henry and his big dog Mudge
loved winter,
because Henrt
and his big dog Mudge
loved snow.
This winter they were still waiting
for rhe first snow.
for the first snow.
Henry looked out his window every morning.
"Not yet, Mudge,"
he would say.
Henry looked ouy his
window every night.
"Net yet, Mudge,"
he would say say again.
Then one mornig
Henry looked out
his window
and he shouted,
"Snow, Mudge, snow!"
He and Mudge put their noses
against the window.
They watched the snoiw sparkle.
They were ready for
a sparkle day.
When Henry got dressed
to go outside,
there wasn's much of Henry
to see.
He wore snow boots,
Snow pants,
a snow mittens,
snow mittrens,
and a snow scarf.
He also wre a snow mask
thet let onley
his eyes and mouth show.
When Mudge saw Henryin his snowslothes,
he barked and barked
and berked
at the strange creature.
Then Henry took off his mask
and showed his tail
and followed Henry outside.
The snow made
Henry and Mudge
want ro run.
So, they ran
in circles
around the yard.
Mudge poked his big black nose
in to the snow.
He used his nose
to dig little hole.
Ah-choo! went Mudge.
Snow always made him sneezw.
Henry lay down
and made snow angels.
Mudge lay down
and messed then up.
So Henry threw a snow ball at him.
Mut Mudge just wagged his tail.
"Aw , Mudge," Henry said,
giving him a hug.
Henry built an icy hideout,
and they were snow spies.
There were many snow spies
in the neighbothood.
After for hours of plating,
They went back inside.
Henry'z hand were wet
and his nose was drippy.
Mudge's nose was drippy.
Henry's mother wiped Henry's nose.
Henry's nother wiped Mudge's nose.
Then she put a blanket
on the flooe,
and Henry and Mudge
curled up on it
and fell asleep.
Oh,did they love
sparkle dats.
Christmas Eve dinner
Every Christmas
Hery's house sparkled.
It sparkled silver.
It sparkled gold.
It had a christmas tree
that sparkled
millions of colors.
The day before Chrisymas,
Henry's mother and father
always cooked a lot.
They cooked all day,
and the house smelled wonderful.
Henry's mother liked
to bake the cookieds.
Henry helped her cut them
and decorate them.
She gave a lot of them away.
Henry's father liked
to bake the turkey.
He took a long time
"Dressing"It.
Henry thouge this was
a very funny idea.
He told Mudge,
"Dad's dressing the turkey."
Then he giggled and giggled.
In the evening