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Tuesday, December 26, 2000 THE OAKVILLE REAVER D3 A Child's Christmas T he S to le n S an ta dipped his nose into a bright red and started to draw a rainbow. He couldn't find the orange One cold winter day, Santa was speaking to paint. Rudolph passed a mirror then stopped to the boss elf in his workshop. "Ralf, a person in look in it because he thought he saw a red flash Vermont wants a pet tiger and so how are we of light. He saw he had a red nose! What was going to get one?" he going to tell Santa! Would Santa be angry or "I don't know. I can't make one!" cried Ralf. delighted? Meanwhile, all of the other elves were all He went to tell the king of clouds and Santa working hard on all the toys, wrapping and came to tell the cloud king. The cloud king said tying bows around gifts. Santa's workshop was "I can only make it foggy." huge! It was longer than the CN Tower. So Santa thought Rudolph you can guide my When nobody was watching, the Grinch sleigh tonight! That's how Rudolph got a red appeared out of nowhere! He climbed down the nose! chimney as quiet as a mouse. Once he got Petras P. down, he used his evil smile to break the securi St. Matthew's School, Grade 4. ty cameras that were hanging on the wall. Once all of the cameras were blown up by his evil smile, he turned invisi ble and he walked down the long, narrow hall and grabbed Santa. "Aaaaaaah!" he screamed. The Grinch climbed up the chimney with Santa and threw him into the sleigh. "Ride on" he cried. And so they flew off into the cold winter night with Santa screaming in the back ground. Once they got to the Grinch's house, it turned into a circus and the clock turned into a swirl that went around and hypnotized him '"ventor, and he walked TM»>M fro,. into a dark and spooky forest. All he could see were trees and that was all. "Where am CHESTERFIELDS & MATTRESS CENTRE I?" he asked. KROF.HLER FLRMTLRE & LEATHER GALLERY But nobody 3245 Fairview Si. 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