Show Telegram Christmas Serial Santa and the thOe Snow Man ManBy By Lucrece Hudgins AN NY held the tiny pill box D DANNY ry tight in his fist Just ImagIne Imagine imagine imag Imag- ine he cried to the Snow Man Just imagine me with two legs like any other bo boy The Snow Man grinned And what will you do first when you have your two good legs Why said Danny I shall learn to skate And then Ill I'll play football and Ill I'll run faster than any other boy and Ill I'll swim and andoh andoh andoh and and- oh but the best thing will be be- be What Danny sighed happily The best thing will be that the other kids wont won't laugh at me any more The Snow Man squeezed his hand and for a long time they walked without a word between them They went so fast in their excitement that before they knew it Santa Land lay just ahead Now said Danny Surely we have left the Valley four hours behind It is time to take my pill But the Snow Man said Let Letus LetI us wait a little bit longer to be sure Danny sat down on a fallen log Then we will wait right here because because be be- cause I want my leg to be welland well welland welland and whole when I see Santa again At the word Santa the evil Flournoy sprang before them Danny nearly fell feU off the log he was so astonished for surely the hideous elf had popped out of the the very ground Back again said Flournoy And what is it you are holding so tight in your hand Oh its it's a wonderful pill cried i Danny eager to tell his happy story I I wish you would go away from here said the Snow Man Manfor Manfor I Ifor for he hated Flournoys Flournoy's evil U eyes I r d I k kV I I r 1 I 1 I S 1 1 WHERE HERE TAKE YOUR PILL 1 I Why is it you are always hanging around on the edge of Santa Land Because Im I'm going to play a joke on Santa grinned Flournoy He is an old busybody doing no noone noone noone one any good But youre you're wrong cried Danny Only just look what he has done for me He sent me to the Wizard of to get this pill which will straighten my leg Ah said Flournoy Let me see your pill And before Danny could stop him the wicked elf snatched the box DOX from his hands and leaped into a tree Give that back roared the Snow ManOh ManOh Man I Oh please be careful cried Danny Dont lose it Dont Don't crush it Please give it back to me T I HE poor boy jumped up and d down helplessly while the Snow SnowMan SnowMan I Man ran round and round the tree beating at It with his fists But Flournoy Just sat there on a a. limb and grinned Santa would feel pretty bad if he knew you lost your pill pilI wouldn't wouldn't wouldn't would would- nt he 1 teased the elf But he wont won't lose it It retorted the Snow Man and he picked up a arock arock arock rock and threw it into the tree Flournoy leaped down and ran away Danny and the Snow Man followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed but how could a crippled boy and a man of snow catch an elf who could run faster than a leaf on the wind Suddenly Flournoy vanished but before Danny could cry out his despair the elf reappeared at his very side Here take your you pill he said and threw the box at Dannys Danny's feet Then laughing laughing- shrilly he disappeared Poor Danny never even susI suspected sus sus- suspected the evil which had been I done He took the pill from the box and with trembling fingers popped it into his mouth and swallowed it whole Now watch he cried joyfully and he held out his crippled leg for the Snow Man to see But what awful thing was this The leg instead of becoming whole and straight twisted and turned and right before their eyes became more crooked than it was before Merciful heavens gasped the Snow Man The elf has taken your pill pm and given you a poisonous poison poison- ous one in its stead Tomorrow Off to the WishIng Wishing Wish Wish- Ing Pool 1001 |