Tuesday, December 2, 2014
On
Christmas Eve, Connor and Jasmin plunked down by the window to wait
for someone who they new for sure would arrive that night...
Jasmin
purred and Connor stirred his hot chocolate until all the
marshmallows melted.
“Where's
Grandma?” he called to Mom.
And
Grandma was on her way...
On the
train, Grandma dreamed of Connor's happy face when he would open his
present. She hugged the box on her lap as if it were Connor himself.
But
Connor shivered and Jasmin quivered waiting in the open door.
“Where's
Grandma?” he called to Dad.
Dad
opened the china cabinet and said, “On her way.”
And
Grandma was...
At the
end of the track, Grandma was dreaming of bells, and cakes, and snow
while holiday cheers and snowflake kisses danced in the air.
Connor
and Jasmin danced in their flannel pyjamas that sparked when they
slid down the stairs.
“Where's
Grandma?” Connor called.
Mom held
up her watch. Dad wound the clock. “On her way?” they both
answered.
And
Grandma was...
In the
railway station, she snored as passengers poured out onto the
platform... except for one.
“Where
am I?” asked Grandma to the man who woke her.
“Where
should you be?” he asked back.
“At
Connor's house,” she said.
“Me
too.” The man smiled. He carried Grandma's packages to his
carriage, snapped his belt across his lap, and told her, “Hold on
to your hat!”
“Right
here!” she said, smiling beside the Christmas tree.
What
do you think?
At the
holidays, who do you look forward to seeing?
What
special preparations do you do for their arrival?
Who do
you imagine brought Grandma to Connor's house?
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