~~~~~~~~ THE ADVENTURES OF FRED THE ELF ~~~~~~~~~~~
WRITTEN BY BRIDGET BOCKOVEN
& WENDY CASTRO
UP AT THE NORTH POLE WHERE SANTA LIVED,WRITTEN BY BRIDGET BOCKOVEN
& WENDY CASTRO
THERE WAS AN ELF NAMED FRED. FRED WAS A VERY SAD ELF.
ALL OF THE OTHER ELVES GOT TO EAT CANDY CANES ALL DAY LONG
WHILE HE WORKED IN THE TOY FACTORY.
ONE DAY, FRED SAID, 'THAT'S IT. I'M LEAVING AND IM GOING
TO FIND A MAGICAL PLACE WITH CANDY CANES AS FAR
AS YOU CAN SEE!'
SO FRED SET OFF ON HIS JOURNEY TO A MAGICAL PLACE CALLED
CANDY CANE LAND.
IT WAS A VERY LONG JOURNEY, AND FRED DECICED TO STAY AT
THE INN CALLED 'WAFFLE HOUSE' ON BLUEBERRY LANE. THERE
HE MET A REINDEER NAMED NOBODY. NOBODY WAS ALSO
VERY SAD TOO. ALL OF THE OTHER REINDEER LIKED RUDOLPH MORE
THAN HIM. HE WAS JUST A 'NOBODY' THEY SAID. SO HE WAS
LOOKING FOR A MAGICAL PLACE WHERE HE WOULD BE NOTICED.
FRED THE ELF SAID,'COME WITH ME TO CANDY CANE LAND. YOU'LL
BE THE ONLY REINDEER THERE AND YOU'RE SURE TO BE NOTICED!'
AT THIS NOBODY SMILED,'ALRIGHT THEN, I'LL GO WITH YOU ON
YOUR JOURNEY!'
AFTER A GOOD NIGHT REST, FRED THE ELF AND NOBODY THE
REINDEER SET OFF EARLY IN THE MORNING.
ALONG THE WAY, THEY MET GARY THE GLOWING GINGERBREAD MAN.
GARY THE GLOWING GINGERBREAD MAN HAD A SLIGHT PROBLEM-
NO ONE WANTED TO BE AROUND HIM BECAUSE HE LOOKED FUNNY.
"I THINK YOU LOOK COOL," SAID FRED THE ELF, "AND I SHOULD KNOW,
I'VE LIVED IN THE NORTH POLE MY WHOLE LIFE!"
"YEAH! AND AT LEAST YOU'LL GET NOTICED UNLIKE ME," SAID NOBODY
THE REINDEER.
"I GUESS SO," SAID GARY THE GLOWING GINGERBREAD MAN,
"BUT I'VE MADE ALL OF THESE COOKIES, AND I HAVE NO ONE TO
SHARE THEM WITH."
GARY THE GLOWING GINGERBREAD BROUGHT OUT THE MOST
DELICIOUS GLOWING COOKIES IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND THE
TWO ATE THEM ALL UP. AFTER THEY ATE THEM, THEIR TUMMIES
STARTED TO GLOW GREEN.
"WOW! WE SHOULD BRING SOME OF THESE COOKIES WITH US
ON OUR JOURNEY!" SAID NOBODY.
"YEAH! DO YOU THINK YOU COULD SPARE SOME, GARY?"
"WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GOING?" HE ASKED.
"TO CANDY CANE LAND, A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE CANDY CANES
AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE!"
"A PLACE WHERE REINDEERS LIKE ME CAN BE NOTICED!"
"HM, THIS CANDY CANE LAND PLACE SOUNDS LIKE THE
TICKET FOR ME. I'LL COME WITH YOU!"
AND SO GARY THE GLOWING GINGERBREAD MAN JOINED FRED THE
ELF AND NOBODY THE REINDEER ON THEIR JOURNEY TO CANDY CANE LAND.
SOON, THE THREE OF THEM REALIZED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE!
"HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND CANDY CANE LAND NOW,?" CRIED NOBODY.
"LET'S KEEP GOING AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOMEONE TO HELP US," SAID FRED.
WHILE WALKING ALONG, OUT OF NO WHERE A GRASSHOPPER ATTACKED
GARY THE GLOWING GINGERBREAD MAN!
"GET IT OFF ME, GET IT OFF OF ME!" YELLED GARY SWATTING AT THE GRASSHOPPER.
FRED AND NOBODY QUICKLY CAME TO THE RESCUE, AND HELPED GET THE
GRASSHOPPER OFF OF POOR GARY.
"WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" ASKED FRED.
"I'M JUST SO HUNGRY," HE SAID, "I COULDN'T STAND IT, AND HE LOOKED SO GOOD,
I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE MY EYES. I'M SORRY FOR WHAT I'VE DONE."
"THAT WAS STILL A VERY MEAN THING TO DO," SAID NOBODY.
"I KNOW, AND I'M SORRY. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP?" ASKED THE
GRASSHOPPER.
"YEAH, DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO CANDY CANE LAND?" ASKED NOBODY.
"KNOW THE WAY? WHY I WAS JUST ON MY WAY BACK! BY THE
WAY MY NAME IS VERT!" HE SAID.
"WELL VERT SINCE WE DON'T KNOW THE WAY, COULD YOU TAKE US THERE?"
ASKED FRED THE ELF.
"SURE!" SAID VERT WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE, "AS LONG AS I CAN GET
MY HANDS ON SOME OF THOSE YUMMY COOKIES YOU HAVE THERE!"
GARY DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF SHARING HIS COOKIES WITH VERT,
BUT HE AGREED ANYWAYS.
GARY FROWNED, "I DON'T TRUST HIM," HE WHISPERED TO FRED.
FRED WHISPERED BACK, " HE CAN'T BE ALL THAT BAD. HE DID SAY YOU
LOOKED REAL YUMMY."
"EXACTLY," SAID GARY.
"SO," SAID FRED,"IS CANDY CANE LAND A PLACE WHERE THERE
ARE CANDY CANES AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE?"
"A PLACE WHERE REINDEERS LIKE ME CAN BE NOTICED?" ASKED NOBODY.
"A PLACE WHERE I CAN MAKE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE TO EAT?" ASKED GARY.
"OF COURSE!" SAID VERT THE GRASSHOPPER AS HE HOPPED ALONG.
"WHAT DO YOU DO IN CANDY CANE LAND?" ASKED NOBODY.
"I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CANDY CANE LAND. MY WHOLE FAMILY IS
THERE AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR ME. I WAS ON MY WAY BACK
WHEN I LOST ALL OF MY FOOD. THAT'S WHEN I FOUND YOU GUYS."
GARY STARTED TO FEEL A LITTLE BAD FOR NOT TRUSTING VERT AND
GAVE HIM ONE OF HIS COOKIES. VERT ATE IT ALL UP AND SOON
HIS TUMMY HAD TURNED GREEN.
"THANKS A LOT," SAID VERT.
"YOU'RE WELCOME," SAID GARY.
BEFORE LONG IT WAS NIGHT TIME AND THEY HAD REACHED A LITTLE
OLD COTTAGE THAT SEEMED TO BE EMPTY.
"DO YOU THINK ANYONE WOULD MIND IF WE STAYED HERE?" ASKED
FRED THE ELF.
"SURE, WHY WOULDN'T THEY?" SAID VERT.
"I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA," SAID NOBODY, BUT THEY WENT
INTO THE DARK COTTAGE ANYWAYS.
THEY WALKED AROUND LOOKING FOR A SWITCH, WHEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN THEY HEARD A SCREAM.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?!"
THE LIGHTS TURNED ON AND IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL WITH CURLY
BLONDE HAIR AND BRIGHT BLUE EYES.
"WE'RE SO SORRY TO DISTURB YOU," SAID VERT.
"WE'VE BEEN TRAVLING FOR SO LONG AND WE'RE TIRED," CRIED NOBODY.
"WILL YOU PLEASE LET US STAY AT YOUR COMFY COTTAGE?" ASKED FRED.
"WE WON'T BE ANY TROUBLE!' GARY PROMISED.
"MAYBE," SAID THE LITTLE GIRL WITH CURLY BLONDE HAIR AND
BRIGHT BLUE EYES, " ONLY IF YOU LET ME HAVE SOME OF YOUR YUMMY
COOKIES AND TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE GOING."
"WE'RE GOING TO CANDY CANE LAND," SAID FRED THE ELF, "IT'S
A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE CANDY CANES AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE!"
"A PLACE WHERE REINDEERS LIKE ME CAN BE NOTICED!" SAID NOBODY.
"A PLACE WHERE I CAN MAKE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE TO EAT!" SAID GARY
AS HE GAVE THE GIRL WITH THE CURLY BLONDE HAIR AND BRIGHT BLUE
EYES SOME OF HIS COOKIES.
"A PLACE WHERE MY FAMILY IS WAITING FOR ME," SAID VERT.
THE LITTLE GIRL GOBBLED UP ALL OF THE COOKIES WHEN THEY WERE
DONE AND HER TUMMY TURNED GREEN TOO.
"I SEE," SHE SAID.
"MY NAME IS LITTLE CURLY SUE, BUT YOU CAN JUST CALL ME CURLY. OR SUE.
YOU CAN STAY AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MAKE A SINGLE PEEP!"
THE FIVE OF THEM QUICKLY WENT TO SLEEP, DREAMING OF THE THING
THEY WANTED MOST IN CANDY CANE LAND.
BY THE TIME EVERYONE WOKE UP, THEY REALIZED SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG.
"WHERE IS LITTLE CURLY SUE?" ASKED GARY.
FRED LOOKED AROUND, "I DON'T KNOW."
"LOOK AT THIS NOTE!" SAID VERT SHOWING THEM THE LETTER HE FOUND.
"I'LL READ IT," SAID NOBODY PROUDLY, "AHEM;
DEAR STRANGERS,
CANDY CANE LAND SOUND LIKE SUCH A YUMMY PLACE, I HAVE
DECIDED TO GO THERE MYSELF. PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER TO
FOLLOW ME THERE. I LOVE CANDY CANES MORE THAN ANYTHING
ELSE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU
CAN DO TO STOP ME.
LOVE,
LITTLE CURLY SUE
PS. THANKS FOR THE COOKIES
"OH NO!" THEY ALL CRIED.
"QUICK, HOP ON MY BACK AND WE'LL RUN TO CANDY CANE LAND!"
SAID NOBODY.
"I'LL TELL YOU WHERE TO GO!" SAID VERT.
"WE CAN'T LET HER EAT CANDY CANE LAND!" SHOUTED FRED.
NOBODY ZOOMED THROUGH THE AIR FLYING AS FAST AS HE COULD
AND SOON THEY COULD SEE CANDY CANE LAND IN THE DISTANCE.
"I SEE IT!" SAID FRED, "AND THERE'S LITTLE CURLY SUE!"
THEY LOOKED DOWN AND SAW LITTLE CURLY SUE'S CURLY BLONDE
HAIR AS SHE RAN TO CANDY CANE LAND.
"HOW ARE WE GOING TO STOP HER?" WEPT NOBODY.
NOBODY COULDN'T CONTROL HIMSELF AND THEY CRASHED
RIGHT NEXT TO CANDY CANE LAND.
"NOW WHAT?" GARY ASKED FRED.
"WE'LL LEAD HER AWAY WITH YOUR COOKIES!" SAID FRED.
"GOOD IDEA, LET'S HURRY!" SAID VERT.
THEY PLACED THE COOKIES LEADING TO A TRAP WHERE HOPEFULLY
LITTLE CURLY SUE WOULD FALL IN AND NOT EAT ALL OF THE
CANDY CANES IN CANDY CANE LAND.
"HERE SHE COMES!" THEY WHISPERED TO EACH OTHER.
LITTLE CURLY SUE STARTED TO EAT SOME OF THE CANDY CANES
WHEN SHE FOUND SOME YUMMY COOKIES LAYING AROUND.
SHE ATE ONE, AND THEN FOUND ANOTHER, AND ATE IT TOO.
THEY WATCHED AS THEY SAW LITTLE CRULY SUE FOLLOWED THE
TRAIL OF COOKIES, AND THEN-
SHE FELL INTO THE TRAP WITH A GIANT 'PLOP!'
"OW!" SAID LITTLE CURLY SUE WHEN SHE FELL.
"YOU GUYS ARE MEAN!" SHE SAID LOOKING UP AT THEM.
"WELL YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIED TO EAT ALL THE CANDY CANES!" SAID FRED.
"AND MAKE MY FAMILY HOMELESS!" ADDED VERT.
"OR EAT MOST OF MY COOKIES WITHOUT ASKING!" SAID GARY.
"SO NOW MAYBE YOU'LL LEARN YOUR LESSON," FINISHED NOBODY.
LITTLE CURLY SUE STARTED TO CRY, "I KNOW. I JUST
COULDN'T HELP MYSELF AROUND ALL THAT DELICIOUS FOOD. I DID NOT
MEAN TO MAKE ANYONE MAD OR SAD AT ME. PLEASE! GIVE ME ANOTHER
CHANCE! PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP?”
THEY DECIDED TO HELP LITTLE CURLY SUE, SHE SOUNDED LIKE SHE
WAS REALLY SORRY-AND TO PROVE THAT SHE WAS, SHE HELPED
REBUILD PART OF CANDY CANE LAND THAT SHE DESTROYED, AND
HELPED MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
"IT REALLY IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SEE CANDY CANES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE!” SAID FRED THE ELF.
"A PLACE WHERE REINDEERS LIKE ME CAN BE NOTICED!" GRINNED NOBODY THE REINDEER.
"A PLACE WHERE I CAN MAKE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE TO EAT!" SAID GARY THE GLOWING GINGERBREAD MAN.
"A PLACE WHERE MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ME," SAID VERT THE GRASSHOPPER.
"A PLACE WHERE I'VE MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS," SAID LITTLE CURLY SUE.
"I'M GLAD THAT I DECIDED TO COME TO CANDY CANE LAND," SIAD FRED.
EVERYONE AGREED.
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