The Citizen, 1989-12-22, Page 34PAGE 34. THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1989.
Fluffy and Puffy help Santa
by Cheri Kryzanowski
RR 1, Auburn
Grade 8
Hullett Central School
Shortly after midnight on a
snowy Christmas Eve long ago, two
frisky, white kittens, Puffy and
Fluffy, were lazily lying in their
cozy cages at a small pet store
when a loud pitter-patter sound
was heard throughout the store.
Puffy and Fluffy stared at each
other for a moment.
“Wh-wh-what was that?” stut
tered Puffy.
“I don’t know,” Fluffy answered
sleepily, “it was probably just your
imagination. Why don’t you just
...” All of a sudden the lights in the
store blinked and mysteriously
went out.
“Was that just my imagina
tion?” Puffy stared at Fluffy.
“You’re just having a dream.”
Fluffy rolled over and curled up.
“Now just go to sleep.”
“Maybe you’re right,” Puffy
agreed. “Good-night Fluffy.” Puf
fy was about to drift off to
dreamland when right in front of
his nose appeared the jolliest face
he had ever seen.
“Ho-ho-ho!” the man cheered,
“Merry Christmas!”
“Fluffy!” Puffy shook the sleep
ing kitten until she woke up and
fluttered her eyes. “This man came
here to wish us a Merry Christ
mas!”
“Wow!” Puffy’s eyes widened.
“Listen to me kittens,” Santa
whispered. “I need help delivering
presents. There are more children
this year. So I must go to many
more houses. It is an easy job, all
you have to do is put the presents
under the tree while I bring them
down the chimney to you.”
“I’ll help you, Santa,” Puffy
exclaimed, “Fluffy will too!”
“Very well, my kittens,” Santa
said gratefully, “Let’s go!” Santa
picked up one kitten in each arm,
tapped his heels together and
disappeared. They felt a funny
tingling and the next instant they
were on the roof.
“These are the reindeer,” Santa
said proudly. Before them was a
beautiful sleigh filled with toys of
all shapes and sizes just waiting to
be delivered to children all over the
world. The reindeer were restlessly
waiting and just as everyone said,
there was Rudolph, with his bright
red nose. Santa hurriedly said the
chant to get them going and soon
they were on their way. As the first
house came into view. Puffy and
Fluffy became nervous. What if
they did something wrong? Before
they knew it, the sleigh was coming
to a stop on the roof of their first
house. Out of the sleigh they
hopped and down the chimney they
flew. Puffy and Fluffy got to work
immediately. As Santa brought the
presents down the chimney, each
of the hard-working kittens grabb
ed a present and raced to the
shining Christmas tree to put the
presents neatly underneath the
branches. Santa appeared at the
bottom of the chimney once more
and chuckled loudly.
“No, no, no! You silly kittens,”
Santa’s voice boomed, “There’s a
much easier way!”
“There is?” the kittens asked
puzzled.
“Of course!” Santa smiles at
them. “If you just concentrate
really hard the presents will float
to the tree by themselves.” The
kittens tried it. And sure enough
the presents magically floated
across the room and under the tree.
This was so easy. And here they
had been putting one present
under the tree at a time!
“Wow!” Puffy cried, “Look at
the presents! They’re just floating
in the air!” In no time at all the
presents were under the tree and
the kittens were on their way to the
next house.
All over the world they flew.
They went to homes in Mexico,
China, Canada, and even to France
and Germany.
When they were peacefully fly
ing through the air on their way to
Sweden, Santa quietly said to the
kittens, “This is the last stop
before home. I hope you enjoyed
your first trip around the world.”
“Oh, yes, Santa!” the kittens
cried. “It was great fun!”
“Well my kittens, you have
helped me a great deal. You’ve left
presents for children all over the
world and well, I was wondering
what you want for Christmas.”
“Well Santa,” Puffy began, “I
really want to have a family. Do you
know what I mean? I want to have a
little boy or girl to look after me and
love me.” “Me too,” Fluffy said
sleepily.
“I understand.” Santa knew
exactly what he was going to get
each of the kittens. “You Christ
mas kittens really should get some
sleep before we get to Sweden”.
But Santa didn’t need to finish his
sentence because as soon as he
mentioned the word sleep, the
kittens dozed off.
Very shortly after, Santa arrived
in Sweden. As he tried to stop the
reindeer quietly, Santa picked up
the two sleeping kittens in his
arms, clicked his heels together,
and magically appeared in the
small home of a little boy and girl.
Trying not to wake the curled up
kittens, he placed them under the
tree. He kissed each of them on the
cheek, stood up, tapped his heels
together and disappeared into the
night.
The next morniing Puffy was the
first to awake.
“Fluffy, wake up!” he cried
excitedly, “I had the strangest
dream!” But then he saw that he
was not in his familiar cage at the
pet store, but in a strange home
under a Christmas tree.
“I had a strange dream, too.”
Fluffy stretched her legs. She too
then noticed that she was in a
strange place. “Maybe it wasn’t a
dream.”
“Santa must have put us here
when we were sleeping,” Puffy
said thoughtfully.
Together the kittens whispered
“Thank You Santa”. And in the
small room Santa’s voice could
clearly be heard, “You’re very
welcome, my cute little Christmas
kittens.”
And every Christmas after that
the kittens left a special treat and a
thank you note for Santa, after all,
Christmas to them is about giving,
not getting.
How the Deer
Saved Christmas
Done by Steve Machan
Grade 5, Brussels.
Once upon a time there was a
deer named Silvertail. He always
asked Santa if he could help on
Christmas, but Santa always said
no.
Two days before Christmas Ru
dolph got very sick. Santa went to
call on Silvertail but he wasn’t
there. He was on vacation in
Florida. Santa got in his sled, but,
without Rudolph it wouldn’t go.
Santa ran to his magic bike and
biked as hard as he could for
Florida. Sure enough, there, sitting
on the beach was Silvertail.
When they got back, Santa
hitched up the reindeer to his sled
and away they went. Silvertail had
saved Christmas.
The End.
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