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    The Drummer Boy: A Christmas Tale
    The Drummer Boy: A Christmas Tale
    The Drummer Boy: A Christmas Tale
    Ebook47 pages59 minutes

    The Drummer Boy: A Christmas Tale

    By Ted Dekker

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    A Christmas tale with a modern twist.

    We all love singing the Christmas carol "The Little Drummer Boy." Our hearts swell as the poor boy offers his best, meager gift to the Baby in the manger, and we smile in joy as the infant Lord graciously smiles His thanks. Now Ted Dekker brings a modern twist to this beloved song of hope, acceptance, and joy. This modern fable takes place in a large city where Christmas has been banned and replaced by a holiday that celebrates prosperity. All Christmas songs are also banned.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateOct 2, 2006
    ISBN9780529124449
    The Drummer Boy: A Christmas Tale

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      The Drummer Boy - Ted Dekker

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      A GIFT FOR:

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      FROM:

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      The

      Drummer

      Boy

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      A Christmas Tale from

      TED DEKKER

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      Copyright © 2006 by Ted Dekker

      Published by J. Countryman®, a division of the Thomas Nelson, Inc.,

      Nashville, Tennessee 37214

      All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, stored

      in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means—electronic, mechanical,

      photocopying, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed

      reviews, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      J. Countryman® is a trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      Project Editor: Kathy Baker

      Illustrations and design by Dan Thornberg, Koechel Peterson & Associates,

      Minneapolis,Minnesota

      ISBN 1–4041–0299–X

      Printed and bound in the United States of America

      www.jcountryman.com | www.thomasnelson.com

      www.teddekker.com

      Il_9781404102996_INT_0005_001 LIKE DANIEL, MAY

      THE TRUTH OF CHRISTMAS BEAT

      IN YOUR HEART, EMBOLDEN YOUR

      SPIRIT, AND SET YOU FREE TO

      GIVE YOUR BEST TO THE KING.

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      ONCE UPON A TIME not so very far in the future, there lived a boy named Daniel. If Daniel was not the most famous boy who ever lived, he was certainly the bravest.

      But Daniel wasn’t always so brave. In fact, after the day he fell off his roof and broke both arms, he became one of the most cautious boys in the neighborhood.

      His mother insisted that any child who’d fallen so far and been hurt so badly would certainly be as timid as Daniel. It was his good sense that made him careful.

      Daniel was grateful for Mother’s love, but no amount of motherly love helped him on the city streets, where all the other ten–year–olds were busy dodging honking cars and playing war behind large trash bins in the alleyways. He joined them on occasion. But he never liked the way they looked

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