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ELWIN,
THE ELF, WAS SO PROUD OF HIMSELF!
HE’D
BEEN CHOSEN THAT VERY DAY…
TO
RIDE IN THE SKY, WITH THE TOYS PILED
HIGH
AS
A HELPER ON SANTA’S SLEIGH!
HE
WAS HAPPY, BUT YET, HE COULDN’T FORGET
THAT
HE MUST NOT LET SANTA DOWN…
FOR,
OF THOSE EIGHT REINDEER, HE HAD A GREAT
FEAR
(A
LITTLE KNOWN FACT IN SANTA TOWN!)
BUT
PLANS HAD BEEN MADE, AND THOUGH TRULY
AFRAID,
ELWIN
KNEW HE MUST GO ALONG…
IT
WAS CHRISTMAS EVE, AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE
WOULD
GET GIFTS, IF NOTHING WENT WRONG!
HE
DIDN’T FEEL BRAVE, NOR KNOW HOW TO
BEHAVE
AROUND
THOSE SWIFT-FLYING REINDEER.
TO
COMET AND CUPID, HE’D NO DOUBT APPEAR
STUPID
AND
BE LAUGHED AT THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR!
HE
LOOKED DOWN ON HIMSELF, THIS FEARFUL
YOUNG ELF,
AND
WAS ASHAMED AT WHAT HE FOUND!
TOO
LOOSE WERE HIS TIGHTS, (HIS HAT WAS
ALRIGHT)
BUT
HIS SHOES CURLED INTO THE GROUND!
WHERE
WAS HIS PRIDE? (HE SURE COULDN’T
HIDE!)
ONLY
ONE THING COULD HE DO…
HE
MUST CONQUER HIS FEAR, MAKE FRIENDS WITH
THE DEER,
AND
GET A NEW OUTFIT TOO!
AND
SO ELWIN BEGAN TO DRAFT UP A PLAN
AND
HE SOON WAS WHISTLING A TUNE…
YES,
HE WOULD BE READY – HIS NERVES WOULD
BE STEADY
AS
HE AND SANTA FLEW PAST THE MOON!
ELWIN
SEWED UP NEW TIGHTS, BUT TRY AS HE MIGHT
HE
COULDN’T TAKE THE CURL FROM HIS SHOES!
HE
PUT A BELL ON HIS HAT – GAVE EACH
REINDEER A PAT…
BUT
THE CURL STILL GAVE HIM THE BLUES!
ELWIN
HAD AN IDEA WHILE MAKING FRIENDS WITH
THE DEER…
HE
KNEW THEN JUST WHAT WOULD WORK GOOD!
HE
BENT DOWN TO THE GROUND –TURNED THE
SHOES UPSIDE DOWN…
NOW
THEY CURLED UP, AS THEY SHOULD!
AND
WHEN THE TIME CAME, ELWIN FOUND HIS FAME
AS
SANTA’S HELPER AND THE REINDEERS’
FRIEND!
HE
WAS NOW WELL-DRESSED AND AS YOU MIGHT
GUESS…
HIS
SHOES NEVER CURLED DOWN AGAIN!
AND
SUFFICE TO SAY…ON THAT COLD CHRISTMAS
DAY
THERE
WERE SMILES O’ER ALL THE WORLD.
THANKS
TO SANTA AND THE ELF WHO TOOK PRIDE IN
HIMSELF
AND
TURNED OVER THE SHOES THAT CURLED!
AND
THAT’S WHY ALL THE ELVES NOW WEAR HATS
THAT HAVE BELLS,
AND
THEIR TIGHTS ARE REALLY TIGHT AS CAN BE!
MOST
IMPORTANT THEY KNOW, THEIR SHOES HAVE TO
SHOW
A
CURL THAT TURNS UP TO THE KNEE!
AND
JUST ONE THING MORE – THE ELVES ALWAYS
ARE SURE
TO
MAKE EVERY REINDEER THEIR FRIEND!
THEY
TAKE GREAT PRIDE AS WITH SANTA THEY RIDE…
THAT’S
ALL TO MY TALE….THE END!
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