SNOW STORM
It was getting close to Christmas Eve and the winds were stirring up the
fresh snow. Hudson the polo bear and his small friend Snowflake were making
their way across the hills. It was getting hard to see but Snowflake had his
special light that shone the way.
They
had a destination to get to but with the wind blowing the new snow around it
was hard even with Snowflakes special light. And now new snow was starting to
fall again. They kept going despite the weather.
“Don’t
worry Hudson, you and I have made it through worse snowstorms.”
Hudson
raised his large head up. “I know but this storm coming in tells me it’s going
to be a nasty one. We have to speed up to get there or we will be late.”
Hudson
picked up his pace. Over the large hill they went and that is when they saw a
light that looked like it was under the snow. It flashed off and on and the
snow was starting to cover it up.
“I
wonder what it is,” said Snowflake.
Hudson
slumbered over towards the flashing light. When they got to it, Hudson swiped
the snow away and it was a bell. Hudson sniffed it. “I think this belongs to
Santa Clause. It must have dropped from his sleigh.”
The
snow was starting to fall heavier now. Snowflake slid off Hudson’s back to
investigate. He sniffed it as well. “Yup, I think you are right. It belongs to
Santa.” Snowflake looked up into the dark sky. Large snowflakes blurred the sky
as they fell faster and faster. The wind was picking up as well.
“How
is Santa going to see his way tonight without his light?”
Snowflake
picked it up and climbed up Hudson’s back and hung around Hudson’s neck. “Let’s
keep going and maybe we will see the sleigh along the way. We can give it back
to him,” Snowflake told Hudson.
So
onward they went through the snow that was turning into a nasty storm. Even for
Hudson it was proving to be a challenge to get through the falling whirling
snow. They made over another hill and that is where they saw a glow. “We made
it,” cried Snowflake. “That is the house we want to go to.”
Hudson
picked up speed going down the hill almost sliding down. Snowflake hung on.
When they got to the bottom, there was activity going on. Both bears looked
around to see what it was. There was a lot of tracks in the snow. Snowflake
hopped down to look at the tracks. “They look like reindeer tracks. Santa has
already been here.”
“We
better deliver out gift and then look some more around to see if they are still
here.”
Snowflake
scampered up to the Xmas tree that was lit up and placed a little gift under
the tree that was inside his little satchel that he carried. “There, Cotton
ball will get his gift.”
Hudson
came up to Snowflake. “Let’s go see what we can find.”
Snowflake
climbed onto Hudson’s back and off they went exploring around the big spruce
trees sniffing to see what they could find. The snow was getting heavy now and
all the tracks were being covered up now and the wind was getting stronger.
“We
are going to have to head back Snowflake. “It’s now use. We’ll never find
anything out here now.”
They
started back up the hill to go home when they heard something just ahead of
them, near where they placed their gift for Cotton ball. Hudson gasped. “It’s
him.”
Santa
turned and smiled at them. “There is my bell. You found it!”
Hudson
sped up to where Santa was and Santa greeted them with a warm smile. “I’m so
glad you found it. I thought I had lost that special bell.”
“We’re
glad we found you,” said Snowflake. “Now you can see your way.”
Santa
let out a rumble of laugh. “Oh little one, Santa always finds his way. No
matter what.” He came up to Hudson and cupped the bell. “This bell I think will
have another special purpose tonight.”
Both
Hudson and Snowflake looked at him. “I think you need this bell more than me. This
bell will take home safely. The storm is getting worse.” He patted the bell
making it tinkle. It also started to glow more. “There my friends. You will be
safe tonight along with your friend who brought a special gift for. You have
shown your kindness and thoughtfulness tonight and this bell is my gift to you.”
Snowflake
clapped his paws together. Santa laughed and looked up into the sky where the
sound of sleigh bells made themselves heard through the wind. And like the wind
he turned into sparkling snow dust that rose into the air and soon disappeared
into the dark snowy sky.
Hudson
and Snowflake soon made their way through the hills with no problem. The little
bell brought them home safe and sound like Santa had promised.
They
crawled into their den where they left the snowy night behind. Inside they
found a special gift for them. “Santa’s been here, cried Snowflake.
Snowflake
scampered over to see what it was. Hudson joined him. Inside were two wool
scarves, one for each of them. And another bell. Snowflake added to the other
one around Hudson’s neck.
Hudson
curled up with Snowflake cuddled up to him. Both bells gave off a soft glow as
the two bears slept. Outside the soft jingle of sleigh bells rang out. “Merry
Xmas to you both!”
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