Show PET E r I I r 0 A A CHRISTMAS story In January or or it really happened to me As usual 1954 Christmas buying was put oft off around my house until the last minute Time was short indeed when I contacted Santa concerning the toy tractor he was to bring my young son Other matters pressing at the time Santa and I put the unassembled toy in the garage until Christmas E Eve On the night before Christmas we slipped out quietly with screw screwdriver screwdriver driver to put the machine to to- gether We opened the box Alas I Hall Half of the tractor was missing I Santa and I were in a dither It was nine What to do What to do We hopped into the family's four wheel sleigh for a atour atour tour lour of the toy shops All were closed We searched and searched Only OnlY after almost giving up did we locate a simil similar r but more costly tractor tractor tractor-at at an night all-night filling filling filling fill fill- ing station Santa paid the price and we took the machine home where Jie e gently placed it beneath the tree The story could have had an unhappy ending There might have been no tractor beneath the tree on Christmas morn or Santa might have been stuck with a half a tractor Neither happened The first tractor to the toy shop for a refund So all ended well However there is a moral to th the thA story Shop early then check carefully what you buy to see if it is all aU there And also a warning If its it's not all aU there take it back at once The place where Santa obtained a refund on the incomplete tractor burned to the ground the very next day after he returned the toy |