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<br /> Favor Johnson<br /> A Christmas StoryFavor Johnson<br /> A Christmas Story<br /> <br /> www.bunkerhillpublishing.com<br /> First published in 2009<br /> by Bunker Hill Publishing Inc.<br /> 285 River Road, Piermont<br /> New Hampshire 03779, USA<br /> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1<br /> Text Copyright ©2009 by Willem Lange<br /> Illustrations Copyright ©2009 by Bert Dodson<br /> All right reserved.<br /> Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927978<br /> ISBN 978-1-59373-082-6<br /> Designed by Peter Holm, Sterling Hill Productions<br /> Printed in China by Jade Productions Ltd<br /> Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this<br /> publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval<br /> system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical,<br /> photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission<br /> of the publisher of this book.www.bunkerhillpublishing.com<br <a title="Bunker Hill page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=1"> Favor Johnson A Christmas StoryFavor Johnson A </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=2"> www.bunkerhillpublishing.com First published in 2</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=3"> Written by Willem Lange Illustrated by Bert Dods</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=4"> Snow was falling in the village on Christmas Eve.</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=5"> About seven in the evening, an old blue pickup tr</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=6"> A man in overalls and an old red-and-black checke</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=7"> He drove to the next house and did the same thing</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=8"> They were fruit cakes baked in tin cans. For two </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=9"> Favor lived on a broken-down old hill farm about </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=10"> </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=11"> Well, not quite alone. He had an old horse, a few</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=12"> Then one year Favor’s property taxes went up, and</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=13"> Favor liked the Jenningses. They usually came dow</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=14"> Then, one Christmas Eve, Hercules, for the first </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=15"> Then Favor remembered he’d heard rabbit hunters d</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=16"> Finally he heard a whine and found Hercules. He’d</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=17"> </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=18"> Just as Favor reached the road with Hercules in h</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=19"> ^ :?????? ??? ???' .1 r i ?? ??? 1 *</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=20"> Favor told him. “Well, come on!” said Doc. “Let’s</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=21"> </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=22"> </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=23"> Doc took off his coat and examined Hercules. His </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=24"> About three in the morning Doc took his last stit</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=25"> They lifted Hercules and laid him very gently on </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=26"> </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=27"> “Owe me?” said Doc. “Why, nothing. I know you’d d</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=28"> When Doc came down to check on Hercules and Favor</a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=29"> Favor thanked him again for saving Hercules, and </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=30"> And that’s how it started. He made just one that </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=31"> </a> <a title="Bunker Hill page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1f7de6a?page=32"> Some of the village kids even think he’s Santa Cl</a>