{"product_id":"2940013476721","title":"THE PEACE EGG AND OTHER TALES","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PEACE EGG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CHRISTMAS MUMMING PLAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHINTS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS, I., II., III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSNAP-DRAGONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOLD FATHER CHRISTMAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PEACE EGG.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PEACE EGG.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CHRISTMAS TALE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery one ought to be happy at Christmas. But there are many things\u003cbr\u003ewhich ought to be, and yet are not; and people are sometimes sad even\u003cbr\u003ein the Christmas holidays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Captain and his wife were sad, though it was Christmas Eve. Sad,\u003cbr\u003ethough they were in the prime of life, blessed with good health,\u003cbr\u003edevoted to each other and to their children, with competent means, a\u003cbr\u003ecomfortable house on a little freehold property of their own, and, one\u003cbr\u003emight say, everything that heart could desire. Sad, though they were\u003cbr\u003egood people, whose peace of mind had a firmer foundation than their\u003cbr\u003eearthly goods alone; contented people, too, with plenty of occupation\u003cbr\u003efor mind and body. Sad--and in the nursery this was held to be past\u003cbr\u003eall reason--though the children were performing that ancient and most\u003cbr\u003eentertaining Play or Christmas Mystery of Good St. George of England,\u003cbr\u003eknown as _The Peace Egg_, for their benefit and behoof alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe play was none the worse that most of the actors were too young to\u003cbr\u003elearn parts, so that there was very little of the rather tedious\u003cbr\u003edialogue, only plenty of dress and ribbons, and of fighting with the\u003cbr\u003ewooden swords. But though St. George looked bonny enough to warm any\u003cbr\u003efather's heart, as he marched up and down with an air learned by\u003cbr\u003ewatching many a parade in barrack-square and drill-ground, and though\u003cbr\u003ethe Valiant Slasher did not cry in spite of falling hard and the\u003cbr\u003eDoctor treading accidentally on his little finger in picking him up,\u003cbr\u003estill the Captain and his wife sighed nearly as often as they smiled,\u003cbr\u003eand the mother dropped tears as well as pennies into the cap which the\u003cbr\u003eKing of Egypt brought round after the performance.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121082188016,"sku":"2940013476721","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013476721_p0.jpg?v=1763592859","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013476721","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}