A Stern Command.

A little boy had been taken to see the Toys Department at one of the big shops. On returning home, his mother said: “Well, dear, did you see Santa Claus?”

“Oh yes, Mummie, he was wearing a lovely red coat and had a great white beard and long white hair.”

“And what did Santa Claus say to you?”

“He said, ‘Put that d—d train down!”

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