Christmasstorie Stories

[Translation!] [Mordecai was so frightened that he almost fell over in his slippers-although he was hardly wearing slippers or even shoes. "Get out of here!" he shouted, hiding his soup. "I have nothing to eat, and I'm just skin and bones myself. You'd hate to eat it." "Liar!" said the dog, not with words, but with his terrible eyes and sharp teeth.]