A STORY WRITTEN AROUND THE TABLE BY 9 OF US ON 2013 THANKSGIVING

 Stories In The Round, a holiday tradition

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Once upon a time there was an elf named Lisa.

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 had too much curiosity to only make the magic dust, and so she decided that it would be fun to go somewhere! She put some magic dust in a pouch and took herself off to places unknown.

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!