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Christmas

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Christmas?

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GENERAL TIN EXPLORED

CHRISTMASLAND

By MAX TRELL

K with

NARF, the shadow-boy the turned-about name, walked up to Generul Tin the Tin Soldier, who on guard at was standing the playroom door, and said: "General Tin, you're one of the greatest explorers in the world, aren't you?"

"That's right," said General Tio,

All Kinds of Places

"And," continued Knori, "you strange explored all kinds of

Aus- like Africa and

places tralia?"

"I did indeed," said General

"But," said Knarf, "did you ever explore. Christmasland?"

For a moment. Gentral Tin the great hunter and explorer, hesitated. Then he answered: "Christmasland? You mean the place where Christmas com from?"

"Yes," said Knart.

2-7

General Tin set out in a ship

for the North Pole,

after

General Tin nodded. "That's what I thought, So I get out with ship and sleds and dogs and snow-shoes and skis for the North Pole. Finally, great hardships, I reached the North Pole. Here I am at last in Christmasland" I exclaimed Joyfully. Then I looked around for the place of the King of but it turned Christmasland." to be harder to find than I thought."

like to hear the whole said Knarf. story of that adventure," said Claus?" Knart.

utho

"Well," arld General Tin,

tried several times to explore Christmestand,

fact of the matter is thet 1

out

The King of Christmasland?" "You mean Santa

"That's exactly

whom

"I'll be glad to tell you," cald mean," said General Tin. "But General Tin.

fios, I Ward doomed to disap- Then General Tin began as pointment. All I could see was

follows:

Hard to Find

snow and ice, and more snow and ice. To tell you the truth, Kaart, there was nothing at the "I first started looking for North Pole but snow and fee. I Christmasiand when I was quite found some ice palaces, but no young. In fact, it was the first one "was living in them excepti thing

I looked for, For lots of polar bears and walruses. I saw

before me-lols of no sign people

Santa famous explorers--had tried to Claus, the King of Christmas and the place where Christmas land." comes from. But none of them had ever succroded."

"I think Christmasland is up near the North Pole," said

Knarf.

д

until El length I reached u beautiful Island covered with palm trees and flowers. It was ilke

magnificent garden. HTC, I said to myself, where Christmasland must be For no place In the whole

world is more beautiful, Christmasland

and

must surely be

the most beautiful place in the world."

"And was it really Christmas- land?" Knart asked cogerly. "And did you flad Santa Claus living there?"

Aguin General Tin shook his head, this time quite sadly. "No, my boy, I didn't find Christ- miesland on that beautiful Island. The birds were there, the dowers

but were there, King Santa Claus wasn't there." "But where could be be?" said Knarr. "Santa Claus must

vo somewhere."

"That,” said General Tin, "is exactly what I thought.

He must live somewherel But where is somewhere?”

Santa Loft Happiness

For several moments Knari and General Tin were silent,

"So," said General Tin, break- ing his silence, "I went home again. And the days went by, And then one day it was Christ- mus, And on that day. I made a wonderful discover I dis- covered where Christmaslarıd really was!"

“You did?” exclaimed Knarf. "Where was it?"

"In every house!" sald General Tin. "In every room! In every heart of everybody! I discovered where somewhere was! It was everywhere!"

"And

did you find Santa Claus, General Tin?"

never really ever saw him," sald General Tin

"But I know he was there. He left "And so," continued General one thing behind that proved Tin, "I decided to look for it." Christmasland elsewhere. I got "What thing?" asked Knart. back on borad my

"Happiness," ship and sailed across many occans Tin,

whatever

of

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All you need is a pair of scissors, a pot of paste, und some cardboard,

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card-

Paste them all on board and then cut the card- board to the shape of the figures.

centre

For

instance.

1

Would you ke

Now paste loops of paper or thread, large enough to you can act

play, with take your first finger on the friend operating back of each figure.

une figuro and Next cut out the remain- You the other. Make up the der of the TV screen (the words as you go white part), and paste the along. TV set on cardboard. Fix & strip of cardboard on the colour TV 1007 back (below the Then paint your HO figures in gay screen), at right angle

colours and that the set will stand up.

you'il have it. Now on with the show. And why not Place

a figure on

and each of draw

cut Agures your first fingers and make out

of own de- them appear on the TV your screen.

sign? BIBLI You can make enjoy them do anything you wish more. by moving your fingers.

Try inventing your own games.

You may

that even

Now

begin.

there's plenty of time to rehearse

for Christmas.

Rupert at Greyrocks Cove-51

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set.

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