I re-sized Lincoln's Christmas Mouse to fit into a Christmas Box Ministry package. They are great as Christmas presents as well and easy to stick in a box you are sending to a loved one. It includes a mouse that talks, President Abraham Lincoln's decision whether to put up a Christmas tree, and elements of the Civil War. It is available to order from your bookstore or online at www.amazon.com and will be posted on www.cokesbury.com by Wednesday. ISBN: 978-0-9915033-3-9. Take a peek - not from the book - from the manuscript!
Hello! My name is
Hiram P. Antwhistle. The “P” stands for Philadelphia, where I was born. I have
lived in the White House for a very long time, even before Mr. Lincoln became
president and long after.
Yes, I live in
the White House. You see, I am the White House mouse and my wife, Martha, and I
live in our little room in the wall near the main stairway leading to Mr.
Lincoln’s rooms above.
As the appointed White House mouse,
I have many responsibilities. Little Willie and Tad Lincoln’s yellow mongrel
dog, Fido, stayed behind in Springfield, Illinois when their father was elected
president. Still, the cook’s cat needs considerable exercise, considering all
that she eats. And, who would be better suited to provide those calisthenics
than I, Hiram P. Antwhistle?
The assignment that has thrilled me
the most over my many years in the White House is the one I fill at Christmas
each year. I became the official Christmas mouse.
In 1860, when Mr. Lincoln was elected president of these United States, there was no
electricity. And, with no electricity, there were no Christmas programs on
television because there was no TV and there were no electronic toys or
computer games because they had not yet been invented either. The center of the
home at Christmas time in the 1800's was the family’s Christmas tree.
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