Front Cover: Is There Room?
Sub title: A Christmas Nativity Story of Welcome
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Sr. Sandra Sears CSBC Illustrations by Sr. Sue Nirta CSBC
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Title page: Is There Room?
A Christmas Nativity Story of welcome
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Sr. Sandra Sears CSBC Illustrations by Sr. Sue Nirta CSBC
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Pp. 1 & 2 2 page spread illustration of Joseph, Mary & donkey approaching the Inn in the distance (no text)
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P. 3 Said Joseph, “Kind sir, is there room in the inn?
We’ve travelled so far, and my wife is done in.
Our baby is due any tick of the clock -
We’ve tried everywhere, but they’re all chocker block.”
“Oh no,” said the innkeeper, “all rooms are booked.
I’ve nothing to give you - I’ve…show more content… _______________________________
P.9 A couple of chickens, high up in the roof, heard the ruckus below, and abandoned their roost.
“Is there room for us here where the new baby rests?
Perhaps for a gift we can build him a nest.”
Then out of the corners came little things creeping across the place where the baby lay sleeping.
“Is there room of us little folk, here at the manger?
We want to come closer to welcome the stranger.”
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P.10 And there in the stable there seemed to be room for a donkey, a goat, and a cow that went, “Moo” some shepherds and lambs (and an angel or two), three kings with their camels, six mice and two chooks, three spiders, two rats, who came for a look, and Joseph and Mary and Jesus.
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P.11 Then out of the night came Patches, the cat.
He’d heard the good news when he stopped for a chat with the local rat catcher, a tomcat called Ralph, so he came to the stable to see for himself.
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“I wonder, kind sir, if there’s room for another?
I’ll be very quiet, I won’t be a bother.
I’d like to see Jesus, the babe lying