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MONDAY, DECEMBER 26th
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27th MONDAY, JANUARY -
IN THE ROOF GARDEN
NEW YEAR'S DAY JANUARY 1st-1950 - SOF FALLER and his B
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CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS SECTION
Poor Father Christmas Loses
IFTY cheers!"
"F shouted the Red
Dwarf, as ho jumped out of bed on a cold and frosty morning. "It's Christmas Eve today!" He picked up his pillow and throw it plonk-right on. top of the Blue Dwarf, who was still fast asleep. In the next bed.
a rude
His
gasped.
Beard!
Christmas Story By
UNA LASCOT
"Ouch!" gasped the Blus Dwarf. He didn't like being stared at him very hard and Red added, rather cloverly, "If awakened in such manner would you? So feeling cross, he jumped out of bed, scooped a snowball from the windowsill and throw
quelch!-right on top of the snowy white beard and his chin
"Your beard!” they gasped, you've lost your beard, Santa!" "Santa Claus put his hand to his chin Gone was his long
you don't you'll get thin, and that'll make matters worse still. Whoever heard of a THIN Santa Claus, let alone one with- out beard?""
Santa swallowed a mouth-
Yellow Dwarf, who was paleen was aa' smooth sa an egg! He fut of egg and coundrel "has
rather
amongst the bedclothes beard!.
rounds
"Some wicked robbed me of my beautiful beard," he said, thumping the table with his fats, "You dwarts had better find him. AT ONCE!"
The dwarfs looked dismayed. "Can't we have our breakfasts first?" they implored.
then
to the
gave a long loud wall. What 4 In the third bed.
This
rude calamity! What a to-dot Was
VERY a
"My beautiful beard!" he Yellow wakening. but the
walled. "Who has stolen my Dwart couldn't say much be
beautiful beard?"
"Some wicked scoundrel has rabbed me of cause his mouth was full of
Yellow came rushing in to ste
my beautiful beard," said Father Christmas. snow. He couldn't get out of bed quickly either, because he what was wrong, and the three Ilked dwarfs looked under the bed. (ho
Bald were too 111
"My dear Yellow," ho was
fat,
his No beard! They looked in the
have Christmas pudding for
"Certainly not!" replied Santa, if he wardrobe. No beard! They Lreakfast all the year roundi),
out-don't you think it was Christmas pudding every day of and by the time he'd sat up and the furniture. No beard jegg and bacon. If I don't get brave of me in that terrible the year from now on for break-
coked up the chimney and be taking his second mouthful of Christmas stockings! So I went benevolently, "You can wiped the now away; the other
Santa Claus looked foverishly that beard back.. I don't take storm? I tried to shut Santa's fast, dinner and teal"
"HOORAY!" yelled Yellow, two dwarls had run out of the
No any toys around topituntient window with my antlers. Just
ere was a terrible
started terrible gust of wind blew and
to cat his Christmas TOOM
The dwarfs were speechless, Santa's beard right off his chin
pudding at once. Then Red and -“Oh, me_oh, my!” ho, moaned. What about the poor boys and straight across to me. It Blue walked in, looking very
Con to my
chin and stuck downeast, They stood open- It was a very important day "How can I go on my Christmas and girls when they find their and
tonight without my stockings empty.on Christmas
I couldn't get it off with mouthed when they saw Santa for the three dwarfs because beautiful beard? I've got eleven moralng?" gasped Red,
.my hoof so I to let it stay Claus wearing his beautiful they lived in Father Christmas's
thera fill the meaning, didn't I? I beard. They had searched all bungalow and all the year round busand stockings to D11, and what shall I do if any of the
shut Santa's window and came around the bungalow in the they worked hard making toys buys and girls wake up and see
they'd got were Yellow was about to slyly back into the stable, and I must snow, but all to fill the stockings of boya and
bla Christmas without Father girls at Christmas.
beautiful board?"
Then he Dick up a piece of Christmas say the beard kept me very snug cold feet and blue noseal
worm all
all night." They rinsed their hands and at the window suddenly. pudding and eat it, but Banta and
That explains everything!" faces quickly under the Klichen
"The window" he exclaimed, thumped the table so hard ha
cried Yellow, turning a somer- "Flno detectives!" laughed "I left it open last night and Jumped back in fright
derisively. "Why, "No beard-no toys! That's sault in delight. "Now I shall Yellow
two stuck-up de found the beard right away!"" now it's closed!"
my final word," said Santa. "Be beat those
tectives and Santo will give me And when he'd told the story. off with you!"
The three dwarts went into the my Christmas pudding, for I've Santa Claus roared with laugh- hall and held a whispered found the lost beard."
ter. He was now his old self consultation.
"Aren't you going to praise again, "We must go out into the cold, me?" exclaimed Ronnie, "Don't
"Never mind, boys," he said.
and bringin Ronnie Yellow Dwarf still looking cross in during the night and stolen cold snow," said Red dismally, you think I was a hero to Reindeer and we'll decorate him
"and And the thief who stožá "Santa will give you a double
breakfast, I'm sure!" cried Yel with holly and mistletoe and Santa's baard."
low." And seizing the board, he give him a double, breakfast. low. pulled-it-off Ronnie's chin and Then we'll have a real Christmas dashed off back into the bunga party before we start out on our
journey to the roof-tops." "Santa! Santa!" bo yelled. "Here's your beautiful beard I've found it!"
tap. because although they were dwarfs they didn't like washing any more than some boyd and girls do.
"But there was a blizzard in "I think it's Yellow's turn to the night," said the Red Dwarf, get the breakfast this morning. Perhaps you got up and closed
it? acid the Red Dwarf, and just at that moment In waddled the
and sleepy.
"I heard what you said, Red," ho remarked, "and I won't do
"I did not snapped Father Christmas, "A robber has been
my beatulful beard!"
"But how COULD he-with- out hurting you and waking you ""If you don't," said Blue up stammered Yellow, Un- alyly, "Father Christmas won't always thought it was a real less unless it was a false one. any Christmas one!" let you have pudding for breakfast!"
turned a pale Yellow's face lemon colour.
"Very well, then," he sald quickly, "ll do it. I'll get the breakfast, but It's only because I'm good-natured, mind you. It's nothing to do with the Christmas, Fudding."
And he waddled to the larder and took out a red egg for Red a blue egg for Blue, and two white eggs for Santa Claus and a large slice of Christmas pud- ding for himself.
who
"Never mind," said Blue. "We shall be detectives! I always wanted to be a detective!"
This cheered them all up a low. and they got down their
What a happy family they coats off the hall stand.
were then! It was the joillert can't comel said Red to
day of the whole year. In fact, Yellow. "You know it's your
Santa Claus was in such a merry turn to give Ronnie Reladeer his
mood by the time the party was breakfast. He has to have an
sur over that I shouldn't be surprised extra good one on Christmas Eve prise and delight when Yellow If boys and girls found an extra too, because he has such a long rushed in. He hurriedly stuck big lot of toys in their stockings journey to go."
his beard on again and gave a' thisʻyenr, would you?! turn to do deep sigh of relief. my
"It's always everything!" walled Yellow. But Red and Blue wouldn't listen to his protests and went off through the front door to do some detec- tive work.
At this Santa Claus became really angry.
"You mind your own business, you impudent rascall" he roared, and began to throw everything within reach at poor Yellow, turned tall and ma out of the room, followed by Red and Blue. Here was a nice beginning for Christmas Evel The dwarfs we so upset and frightened that
Poor Yellow, hungry and they completely forgot whose Red and Blue
fast disappointed, went through the turn it was to get the breakfast, back door to the stablo where went into Father Christmas's bedroom to and they all started to help. They Ronnie Reindeer, was kept. Ho wake him. He always had to fried an extra large alice of
and was rather fond of Santa Claus'a be awakened specially early bacon for Santa Clous on Christmas Eve because it cooked him three eggs instead reindeer, really,
When the delicious was a very busy day for him. of two. But the old gentleman didn't smell penetrated into the bed- like getting up early any more room, Sants got up, put on his than the dwarfs, so they weren't fur-trimmed cloak and came in
"I'm too disturbed to bit surprised when he sat up
"I know," said Ronnie sweetly. eat Ry. "But I wasn't cold, had THIS and threw his slippers at them. any breakfast," he said g
ly to Red and Blue dodged the slip- but he sat down at the f
*At keep me warm, you see!" And when he turned his graceful pers and chorused, "Good the same. morning, Santa Cinus. It's "Do cat your break ints head towards Yellow, the little Christmas Eve!" Then they dear," begged the di and dwarf nearly fell over with surprise. For there, attached to Ronnie's chin,, was long, Dowing, white beard.
The Red Dwarf and the Blue Dwarf searched everywhere.
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"Good morning, Ronnie," he said as he went in, "I hope you weren't cold in the night. There was a blizzarti.".
"Father Christmas's beautiful
beard" gasped Yellow, "Then
YOU are the thief!"
Ronnie looked rather huffy at
no thiet!" he said haugh- "I got it quite by accident. The blizzard wake me up in the night and, looking out of my stable door, I saw that Santa Claus' window was wide open. "I thought how terrible it would be if Santa Claus caught`a bad rold on Christmas Eve of all days and what would happen
Santa was just swallowing his last mouthful of egg and bacon,
and nearly choked
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There, attached to the reindeer's chin, was
tong, flowing white beard!
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