Santa's
Christmas
Wish
In a snowy country far away,
near a red and sleek and shiny sleigh,
is a cottage all covered in snow.
Who lives inside? I think you know.
Ho, ho, ho!
Yes, it's where
Santa lives.
You've seen the presents that he gives.
Every year he brings kids special things and
stuffs them in stockings tied with string.
But one
Christmas did not go like that.
Santa lay in bed, wearing his hat.
Sniff!
He was snuffling and sneezing,
and outside it was dark and freezing.
Oh, I've got the worst cold,
Santa said.
He put his hand to his sore old head.
I simply can't make presents this year.
And then he shed a great big tear.
What shall I do?
He said to his elves,
who'd been busy stacking shells.
Oh dear, said little elf
Boo
Boo.
We just can't deliver them
without you.
They tried to think of another
way that they could save
Christmas
Day.
But nothing could be done at all.
The elves began to cry and bawl.
We'll have to tell them,
Santa said then.
So he wrote to the children whilst
in bed that poor
Santa had a bad shiver an
d no presents would he deliver.
George lived on a street far
away and read
Santa's letter the next day.
Next door so did little
Mary too.
Ray read his then and so did
Sue.
George called his friends outside.
Have you read this? he sighed.
No presents.
Poor
Santa, said
Sue.
He must be feeling really blue.
The children all felt a bit glum that
Santa was sick and wouldn't come.
Just then
George had a great idea of how
to bring some
Christmas cheer.
I know!
To cheer him up,
let's send something to
Santa, our good friend, kind
George said to the others.
Yay, let's make presents, said
Ray.
So they all spent the rest of the day painting
pictures and making things.
They wrapped them up with sparkly strings.
Mary painted
Santa a snowy scene,
Sue wrote a story about a queen,
Ray made a reindeer
out of a box, and
George knitted a pair of socks.
They gave themselves a toast and popped the presents in the post,
all addressed to
Santa
at the
North
Pole.
Hooray!
They had achieved their goal.
On
Christmas morning,
Santa awoke.
Sniff!
With a cough and a croak.
But all around him
were
Christmas gifts.
Straight away,
his spirits did lift.
Ho, ho, ho!
I can't believe it!
Old
Santa said.
He jumped for joy
in his hat so red.
Bright magic lights appeared in the sky,
and the happy children knew just why.