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Show I Santa and The White Fox Telegram's Christmas Sprial . . . . . .. By Sigrid rne 'OH WHlSPgPgP HElcgA.Xgu FgKHTENEPMg THF STORT SO FAR: IM U the toT "kllnf, Haifa, a doll, MkN f rt4a with whlto lax. Ssnta scoldi her, but tic whit foi w hi! pen he will com bck. CHAPTER FIVE Off They Go! Santa couldn't frown at 3elga veiy long after- she ran off U ski -with the white fox. She looke so Jiappy. . She even asked Mrs. Santa if ste could string together the necklacu of tiny silver bells that Mrs. SanU ties about the necks of white woolly does. Santa was so pleased he whispered whis-pered to Mrs. Santa. 'Well, I'm glad she's taking an interest I was afraid of that fox." "He's a bad one," said Mrs. Santa. But they didn't even guess what Helga was thinking. As she strung the silver bells she thought, "I'll hide 12 of these and tonight I'll give them to the white fox." And that's what she did. The day passed and Santa shooed all the dolls to bed at eight Helga crept into her bed chuckling because under the pillow was hidden the necklace of silver bells for the wnlts Tot: Soon tns whole tuysliup was asleep. The flames in the fireplace fire-place died down. A Warning The clock in the corner kept saying: Tick, tock, I'm a lock, Tick, tock. , I lock away Every day, Tick, tock. The only one awake was Helga. She watched the moon climb over the Christmas trees, and up the sky. He peeked into the toyshop but Helga shut her eyes and pretended to sleep. Finally the clock boomed midnight Hclga's eyes flew open, and outside the window sat the white fox. She slipped on her cape, put the silver bells in her pocket and started to tiptoe out But in her path stood the tin soldier. "Oh." whispered Helga. "You frightened me." "You frightened me." said the soldier dolL "You're going skiing with the fox again. He'll steal you for his Christmas gift." Helga giggled under her breath. Trip to the Sea "Not me," she said. "I can ski as fast as he can run." "Maybe so, but he has very sharp claws." "But that's only from running so fast on the ice," said Helga. "Now go to bed and don't worry." So Helga slipped out into the moonlight. , "Where shall we go?" asked the fox. "First I have" something to give you." said Helga. She held up the pretty collar of silver bells. "My gracious," said the fox. "Tie them on for me." When Helga had tied them on he shook his head and jumped high in the air just to make the bells jingle. "Fine, fine," he said. "Now I'll take you for the longest trip you've ever had. We're going down to the sea. Hold on." Helga tied on her ermine cape very tightly, pulled her ermine cap down over her yellow curls, grabbed the silky tail of the beautiful white fox, and off they went up and down the snowy hills, gleaming bluewhite in the moonlight (Continued Saturday) |