Download or read book Little Tales of the Desert (Esprios Classics) written by Ethel Twycross Foster and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "MARY was worried. To-morrow would be Christmas. Christmas! a day always spent close to New York City, that place where Santa Claus obtained all the contents of his wonderful pack. Here she was, out in the heart of the great Arizona Desert. Her little head was sorely puzzled over many things. Around her were sand, rocks and mountains; no snow, no ice, save on the tops of the distant peaks. How was Santa to draw his gift-laden sleigh over barren stretches of sage brush and sand? Besides, he surely would be far too warm, with his heavy fur coat and cap, to say nothing of the poor reindeer who could scarcely live in such a country."