A Happy Child

 Five days before Christmas Eve, Santa was working out in his gym, practicing his technique of dropping down through chimneys without getting stuck. Santa has quite a possibility of that. Suddenly, one of his reindeers, Don came running in. He had a certain semblance of one who is in a can of worms and will yield to mental anxiety.

 

“Santa, Jack, the snowman has run away! I’m panicking!” Don said. “Cool your jets Don, there’s nothing to worry about! I’ll personally sort out Jack’s problems and bring him back home, in one piece.” said Santa. Santa ordered Don to alert Dan and began a search whilst he headed back to his sleigh.

Santa took off to the skies to find Jack. Out of the blue, his eyes descended, as they looked down, they moved from the more general to the specific, he saw Jack alone in the snow heading away from Santa’s village. “Jack! Can you hear me?” Santa cried. Santa pulled down and landed just beside Jack, but Jack took no notice of Santa and kept walking. “Jump aboard Jack! Get back in,” said Santa. Nevertheless, Jack kept on withdrawing from his kettle of fish. 

Santa uttered a loud burst of voice; an outcry, “Jack, please lend an ear to me, talk to Santa.” Jack with leaden wings turned around, looked at Santa with tears in his eyes. “Jack, there comes a point in everybody’s life when you feel like running away. But that’s not the right thing to do.” Santa asked Jack about his puzzling circumstance.

Jack looked at Santa and broke down. “Uhh! No one ever give ear to me, no one has time for me! Why me? I’m just a stupid snowman who is not worth a dime. Nobody loves me!” cried Jack. Santa walked to Jack and hugged him. Santa then said, “Jack, my boy! You are not worthless. Dry your eyes, wipe your face! Come, I want to show you how high on the totem pole you are!” Jack looked at Richard. He had his head hung low. Santa ordered, “Richard my boy, take to the skies. Let’s prove to Jack how important he really is!” 

Richard smiled and looked at Jack. As they traveled around the world, Santa showed Jack millions of Snowmen all built by children, having fun with the help of their family and friends. “Look Jack, building snowmen bring people together. Jack, form a mental image of Christmas without a snowman. It’ll be incomplete. No fun! Imagine our family without you,” Santa explained.

Now, Jack became happy. “Richard, take us home!” Santa commanded. While the mood changed in the sleigh and everybody was over the moon, they approached the North Pole. They looked down of the sleigh and could see written in the snow in huge letters, “WELCOME HOME JACK! WE LOVE YOU!”

Everybody from Santa’s village was there too, to welcome Jack back home. This made Jack to be as happy as a lark. Everyone clapped for Santa. “Hmm… Jack could have made a big mistake by running away! But that’s not the answer. Just talk to someone and you’ll find the ones, who have time for you and who truly care,” Santa said.

“Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!” everyone wished each other gladly.