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| Title | Little Nemo |
| Author | Winsor McCay |
| Date Published | 1905-12-17 - Monday |
| Characters | Icicle, Nemo, Nemo's Mother, Santa Claus |
| Contents | Candy_(6), Castles_&_palaces_(26), Dolls_(4), Drums_(8), Hobby_horses_(4), Ice_floes_(5), Snowshoes_&_snowshoeing_(4) |
| Transcript |
Santa Claus: King Morpheus can have any thing Iâve got. Icicle: He wants me to take little Nemo to your home and show him around, Sir. Caption: It required some little effort on the part of Icicle to arouse Nemo but when he did, Nemo was all attention. When he heard Icicle: Nemo! Oh! Nemo! If you will arise and go with me and be quick, I will show you something grand. Caption: what Icicle had to say Nemo began to dress himself like a fireman at the call to duty. Icicle: Iâll take you to the home of Santa Claus, itâs close to Slumberland. Caption: Icicleâs plan called for a long, cold walk but he had equipped Nemo for it and they were soon Icicle: We must walk all the way to the North Pole then ford across â Caption: on their way. They had proceeded some hundreds of miles over the snow when they came to the sea Nemo: I donât care to go any further. Icicle: Oh, thereâs no danger while youâre with me, Nemo. Caption: and for a minute Nemo hesitated, but Icicle assured him that there was no cause for fear. Nemo Icicle: Youâre safe, weâll soon be there; yes. Caption: probably will never forget the climb over the mountains of snow and ice, that cold December night, neither will he forget â Icicle: There! Weâre on the land again. Now we must climb away up in the mountains. Caption: crossing over the sea; but he would have waded through fire to get where he was going. Presently Icicle announced â Icicle: I see it! I see it! Hurry! Oh, hurry up! Nemo! Caption: their destination. The home of Santa Claus looked unusually beautiful that night, in the clear moonlight and Nemo was overcome with excitement. He wanted to proceed on and visit the interiors of the different buildings at once, to which- Icicle: Thatâs where old Santa Claus lives, yes sir! Caption: Icicle agreed, but telling Nemo that all he saw was no comparison to the beautiful palaces in Slumberland, to which Nemo agreed, but as he said, âThis is good enough for Nemo at this timeâ. He was willing to go to Slumberland some other day Icicle: This is the stable where Santa Claus keeps his reindeer. Caption: but he would see this place first. Icicle tried every scheme possible to persuade him to continue on the palaces of King Morpheus, but with no success. Meanwhile, Nemo contented himself seeing the sights. âSay! If Icicle: Come on! Nemo, let us leave here, now, and go to Slumberland, itâs so much nicer. Caption: Slumberland beats this place, weâll go tomorrow and see itâ he said, as they wandered through the many â Icicle: Those are drums and horns, enough for all the boys in the world, but you ought to see Slumberland! Caption: departments, and Icicle replied, that he would take great pleasure in showing Nemo where Santa Claus Icicle: Those are only hobby horses. Why this is only a copy after Slumberland. There they have real live horses, let us go there now. Come Nemo, do! Caption: got his idea of building this place. At this point Nemo was candy hungry. As every thing was free to him he was about Icicle: Thatâs all candy, fruit and nuts. Help yourself to all you want, itâs free! Go ahead! Pitch in! Then, weâll go to Slumberland. Caption: to help himself, when his mama awoke him, rather rudely too, he thought. Nemoâs mother: Come! Come! Nemo, get up! Are you going to sleep all day? Get up, right away! Sleepy head. |