Stories In The Round, a holiday tradition
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She did not like making toys so she went to Santa and asked if there was something else that she could do.
Santa let her do a swap and she helped him make some of the magic fairy dust that makes the sled fly and the reindeers pull the magic sled.
She ended up in Kansas, which was a place she had never seen. It was
very flat and as she looked around, she saw a strange cloud come towards
her. She was not able to get the magic dust on her to leave Kansas in
time, and she was sucked up in a tornado.
Things flew everywhere, and she could not get to her pouch of magic dust
to get her out of the tornado. The biggest problem was that the pouch
sprinkled magic dust all throughout the funnel cloud and everything
started flying everywhere. Cows could fly; bicycles could fly; it was
pandemonium.
It became pretty scary; so many things that were flying. You had to duck
everything. Swords were flying; armor was flying; it was very scary and
then all of the swords and armor fell on to her in a pig pile.
Luckily, the reason everything could fly, is that it had magic dust on
it. This also meant that things were not heavy; they were light as a
feather. With a big poof of air, she blew them off of her.
They were still flying around (& she had to duck them) but it did
get her free. Then she found an old style phone; she did not know how to
use it. It was not like a cell phone. It had a round dial; you had to
put your finger in it to dial. She did not know the phone number for her
friend Ellis, the elf, who could help her from back home. She thought
she would try something that was brand-new. She decided to dial the word
"North Pole". She put her finger in the hole with the "N" and dialed.
Then "O", then "R". She had to think hard how to spell it. Finally, she
finished with the letter "E".
Ellis had been working hard. He was tired, but he was also worried
about his friend. He answered the phone. She urged him to help her, but
said "Do not tell Santa!" Ellis managed to put magic dust on the sleigh,
come to Kansas, rescue her, and bring her back.
Everybody was waiting
for her when she came back, and so was Santa.
She was in trouble. She was not allowed to work with the magic dust
anymore, but she did not have to make toys either! You'll never guess
what her new chore was! She became the cook!
