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Show 7B Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday December 24, 2002 When Will Santa Come? The Best Christmas Ever ByDANAVIN REED, By KELBY FUNK, Cleveland Elementary Sarah was a five year old who hated to wait for anything! She hated to wait for the turkey . to finish cooking on and hated to wait for papa ' ing, home on her to get birthday to ( most of But her presents. open , all she hated to wait for it to be , Christmas and for Santa to , come down her chimney, it was just too much for her. She read stories and played games, she did puzzles and watched mov-iebut nothing could get her mind off Santa and Christmas. ' . Finally mom said that she had to calm down and just relax or ' no Santa would come. So Sarah dedided to call her best friend, Lora, and see if she could play. , s, . , Cleveland Elementary Mom why does our Christmas tree have to be so small? Kelby 1 told you we are going to get a new one. This one is going to be outside decorated and we are going to get a bigger one this weekend, Mora said 1 hope Jocee does not get sick again. She wont, if she does I give we will have to have a and up little tree. Tomorrow is Saturday and we are going to get another tree if Jocee does not get sick. My mom made a deal with me if Jocee gets sick then we get to decorate the tree tonight instead of finding one. A week later, 1 told my mom, 1 think this is a better tree than the last one. Can we decorate it tonight? Lora said she could, but only at she cried in her bedroom for the park because her mom hours. Nothing could make her would be there. So Sarah went happy for she knew she could to the park and her frown turned not forgive her friend for what to a smile when she saw Santa she had done. Then she heard her mom call her down stairs to walking her way. Santa was saycome to the front porch. She Ho all like the jolly things ing Ho Ho, and Merry Christmas, came down and noticed Lora just like she wanted him to, but standing there with a bleeding he was walking with Lora and ankle. She all of a sudden started didnt even pay attention to her to cry again because she knew as she walked up to him joyfully Lora had followed her and hurt herself while trying to do so. She had been ignored by her favorite of all, St. Nick. She would Sarah said she was sorry and have burst into tears, but told Lora why she had ran off at couldnt knowing people would the park. Then Lora told her that stare at her if she did. Then Lora Santa wasnt ignoring her, he seen her and motioned her to probably just didnt hear her come and see Santa , but Sarah because Lora was saying her was angry and ran holne, where long list of requests. Sarah said that she understood, but really wanted to see Santa still. Lora brought Sarah to the park and Dallas McArthur got her to see Santa and get a Huntington Elementary bag of candy from him. 1 hope we are always going to be friends even if we get in fights. Lora agreed and hoped that would happen too. Tomorrow lets go to the skating rink and will pick you up this time instead of waiting there for you. Sarah said okay, but please let me see Santa first, Okay? Okay. And Lora agreed to that as well as to seeing her tomorrow at the rink. So Lora soon traveled home wondering what the future would bring to her and to Sa- Yes we can, we can decorate the one outside too if you want, answered mom. Christmas morning. Mom, I think this is the best Christmas ever. Why do we have to burn the Christmas tree down 1 asked. We can put it on the grass or something. Mom answered Well okay, we can do that and save it for next year. You have to water it every day. I dont care. I told her. Every year we have a wonderful tree. Every three years we have to get a new tree, but all of them that we get are wonderful trees. The End. Cody Lemmon Forron Elementary rah, but hoping the future would not come soon. The j End. Emery City 221 N. Main Huntington 687-997- 6 ooSgg o oo ooooOoSd o 15 S. Main, Emery 286-241- 7 Dylan Johnson Ortit to M Jbuj Huntington Myrka Lerma Cottonwood Elementary Elementary ftirth Corrinne Hansen Book Cliff Elementary L V Wfcat CkifetM Mmm ta M -- Military Surplus What Ckitataua Maaaa ta Ma" 190 S. Main, Huntington C 687-93- 87 Nicole Jn McCandless " 4, I Josh Justice . Huntington Elementary 5 HunlinglonElementary COT Jaecee Ewell Huntington Elementary Taylor Leamaster Cottonwood Elementary Kelsey Pierce Huntington Elementary tjViav- - Neil Rowley Huntington Elementary jMte2 '&- - TELCOM 455 E. ISvy. 20, Orangeville 435-740-222- 3 435-5G4-34- 15 www.ctv.net BEc Stop 500 II. Main, Ci Shop Huntington C07-930- 3 Nielsons Construction 825 N. Loop lid., Huntington 687-249- 4 |