CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND
Short story
The entire wonderland forest
was covered in a white blanket of sparkly snow. The air was crisp and it was
Rabbit’s favorite time of the year or at least next to spring. He was busy in
his whole making his list of what he would need for his own feast and getting
his letter ready for Santa.
One of the best things
was that so far he had heard nothing from the hatter about any festive celebrations
with those creatures. He hadn’t even seen any of the faeries floating around.
Not even the winter ones which he was very glad not to see. Those things were
nasty.
But the thought barely
was put behind him when he heard footsteps above him and by their lively steps,
he knew who it was.
“My dear friend, you down
there fluffy? I have some exciting news for you.”
Rabbit sighed. And here
he thought…He climbed out of his hole and hatter stood tall before him dressed
in this very colorful coat. Reds and greens that glittered and around his neck
was a knitted scarf the color of greens and reds mixed together. His hat was
decorated in pine cones and leaves. “Are you up for a party my fluffy?”
Rabbit shook his head no.
Hatter frowned. “Now don’t be a grumpy pants. You have to come out and
celebrate this wondrous time. Isn’t it the best? Gifts are exchanged and we eat
good food and we dance.”
Rabbit cringed when he
said dance. The wild ones liked
nothing better than to dance and twirl around like the snowflakes. He was
having no part of that.
“The party is the eve of
Xmas and I will come pick you up and we shall attend the event of the year.”
That made Rabbit cringe
even more. He knew that he would not take any refusal to go so all he did was
give a sad nod.
“Turn that frown upside
down my fluffy. It will be fun I promise.”
Then off he went like a
gust of wind leaving Rabbit standing there holding his paper that he was going to
write his letter on to Santa. He scampered down his hole and got to the letter.
He had lots to say.
Dear Santa:
I hope you have had a
good year and that it is not too cold in the North Pole. Hope Mrs. Santa is
doing well and probably baking lots of cookies!
It will soon be Xmas and
I do have some things I would like to ask for. Hatter just announced that there
will be a party in the forest and is insistent that I come with him. Now you
know how I feel about such things. And I’m not sure what you can do about this
but maybe you can?
I would also like a new
basket to gather my berries and such in. My other one is falling apart.
I thank you and wish you
and Mrs. Santa a happy new year.
Cheers,
Rabbit
He sealed it up and put
Santa on the envelope and went out his hole. There was now a strong north wind.
That would be perfect. He hopped over to a small knoll and held up the letter.
It was like the wind had hands and snapped it out of his paw and off into the
wind it went. Rabbit watched it go up up up and disappeared.
He shook himself as he
looked around. There was a storm coming. Rabbit got back to his hole and got
out of the stormy weather. As it turned out, it got quite blustery in the forest.
For most of the night it howled.
The next morning when
Rabbit got up, ho noticed a small pile of snow on his floor. That meant it had
snowed a lot when that happened. He set to getting his little shovel and
pushing it back out. He got quite a surprise when he got to the surface. The
snow had buried everything. The sun was out and the snow sparkled and glittered
everywhere.
Tonight was the party.
Rabbit smiled to himself. With this much snow, they would not be able to have
their party. Santa had got his letter!
But then he frowned. “How
will Santa make it out tonight,” he said out loud. Oh dear what had he done? He
paced back and forth and then he heard his name.
“Are you alright Rabbit?”
It was another woodland
rabbit, Hermy. He came scampering over the snow to Rabbit. He was all bundled
up. A large brown scarf and two long ear mitts covered his head. “Hello Hermy.
I’m fine but with all this snow, how is Santa going to come tonight?”
“He will make it Rabbit.
He always does.”
“I hope you are right but
I’m still worried.”
“Are you going to the
festivities tonight?”
“Are they still having
it?”
“Oh yes, they won’t let
this snow stop them from celebrating Xmas eve.”
“Oh I ‘m not sure I want
to venture out.”
Hermy made a little noise
through his scarf. “That old hatter will come for you. Might as well come at
least for a while and a present. That’s what I look for and those candied nuts
that the faeries make.”
It was getting close to
twilight now and Rabbit knew that the hatter would be coming soon. So, he
bundled up. Slipped on his ear socks and scarf. And just in time as he heard
the bells above. He knew that was Hatter.
He jingled at his hole. “Ready
Rabbit?”
Rabbit came up and there
was a deer faerie with bells on her head. Hatter picked Rabbit up and placed
him on the back of the deer. They started for the forest.
Rabbit got quite a surprise
when they got there. The trees were all lit up with faerie orbs. The place
looked magical. The long table was even dug out of the snow and decorated with
rose hips and nuts and small fairies flitted about. Tiny plates with acorn cups
were neatly lined up along the table.
The food was overflowing
in the middle. Rabbit suddenly decided that he would enjoy the meal if nothing
else. Hatter sat Rabbit down next to his seat and Hermy was there with some
other bush rabbits. They all enjoyed their meal and the music filled the forest
air. Rabbit rather enjoyed himself. They just all finished eating when the wind
got up and it started to snow again. In fact it was snowing quite hard. The
little faeries flew off for cover to their nests.
Hatter knew Rabbit would
want to get going as well. He placed him and Hermy with a few other bush
bunnies and took them all home. Then it was just rabbit. The deer faerie found her
way to his hole but by then it was really starting to storm.
“Take care Rabbit, I will
see you in the morning. Oh and here is a little gift for you.”
Rabbit thanked him and scampered
down to his home, covering his hole with some bows to keep the snow from coming
in too far.
He placed his little gift
under his small tree and noticed something. There was something wrapped in some
cloth with a bow and note attached.
He opened the note. Dear
Rabbit:
Thank you Rabbit for your
letter. I hope you enjoyed your festivities tonight. I trust you had a good
time. I knew you would. Sometimes being with your friends can be most
enjoyable. I know you don’t like big parties so I hope this calmer version was
agreeable.
Mrs. Santa had made lots
of cookies. Look inside your gift. Merry Christmas my fluffy friend.
Rabbit opened the gift
and there was a brand new basket with a little package. He opened the package
and inside was cookies made by Mrs. Santa! He nibbled on one with some warm
milk.
He decided he would save
Hatter’s gift for the morning. He had some gifts for Hermy and the other bush
bunnies as well. They would spend it together. Tonight was very good he
thought. He took his cookie to his bed and snuggled down and was all warm and
toasty.
Rabbit sighed. “Merry Christmas
from Wonderland!!
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