Show Telegram Christmas Serial Santa and the Snow Man ManBy By Lucrece Hudgins I CHAPTER FOUR the evil elf disappeared disappeared disappeared dis dis- dis- dis F FLOURNOY appeared from Santa Land but buthe buthe buthe he left behind a great shadow of fear Ill Til pay you back for this Flournoy swore when Santa banIshed banished ban ban- him from the land What could he mean wondered wondered won won- dered the Santa Land folk What awful thing did he plan How could he hurt Santa If he could not pass the invisible wall Santa had laid about his land Santa seemed as calm and jolly as ever Though he felt tell fear sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den and cold in his heart he did not let his little workers know He patched the poor Queen Fairy's wings with glue and tape and promised her she would soon be beable beable beable able to fly as well wen as ever Then he hc said Come now everyone every every- one get to work for we must put the bounce in 2000 bouncing balls before sundown But before the fairies could re return return re- re turn to work Danny and the Snow SnowMan SnowMan SnowMan Man arrived Fancy that that that-a a snow man who walks and talks cried the fairies when the Snow Man introduced himself Santa laughed What can I do for you then I 1 should like to stay here in Santa Land for to tell the truth it is the only climate in the world that will agree with me StA Stay said Santa happily And be my friend But tell me first where did you get your wonderful red hat Then the Snow Man told Santa about the fairy putting putting- the red hat haton haton haton on his head to bring him alive If I ever take It off I shall be just a plain snow man and the hat will never work for me again My goodness gasped Santa You must watch out for Mrs Claus Glaus She so dislikes my own cap she will surely try to trade it for your own So laughing merrily Santa led the Snow Man and Danny into his house and welcomed them to din din- ner And what do you suppose they had for dinner Fifteen different kinds of ice cream Vanilla chocolate straw straw- berry caramel lemon orange macaroon peppermint pineapple pistachio peanut brittle cherry chocolate chip butterscotch and banana N OW V all the time they w were re eatIng eatIng eating eat eat- ing ice cream Santa kept watching Danny out of the corner of his eye He was worried because Danny ate some vanilla and a little peppermint peppermint peppermint pepper pepper- mint and didn't so much as touch another dish This was a very strange way for a boy to act and Santa knew there must be something something something some some- thing on Dannys Danny's mind Finally Finay he said I can make most any kind of toy in my work work- shop What would you like me to fix for you Danny looked at Santa his eyes filled with hope Would you you you- would you fix Ix my crooked leg Then Santas Santa's heart was heavy He could bring Christmas joy all allover allover allover over the world but how could he fix a little boys boy's crooked leg Would you c cried r i e d Danny again his face white with expect expect- ancy Santa slowly shook his head Oh dont don't say no cried Danny desperately Perhaps some medicine some herb some herb some tonic tonic tonic-It suggested suggested sug sug- the Snow Man hopefully He couldn't bear to have his little I friend disappointed I And suddenly Santa remembered I Ithe the pill He rose from the table and walked back and forth across the room four times thinking and thinking ing while Danny and the Snow Man watched and hardly dared to breathe Then Santa put his hand on the little boys boy's shoulder and said Danny there is a 3 pill which will cure your twisted leg But to get it you must go to the Tree Wizard and do whatever he asks Tomorrow A Bargain With the tho |