Not too long ago in a place not too far away lived a young
boy named Nathan Buchanan. Now Nathan
was a good kid but let’s be honest he was a little LEFT of normal but he had
been taught RIGHT by his parents and had learned in church to always Choose the
RIGHT. Well, on one cold and blustery
morning Nathan LEFT his house to go to see the Christmas decorations RIGHT in his own
hometown. He walked down the block
looking LEFT and RIGHT and then LEFT again to make sure there were no cars coming
down the road and that is when he ran across the street only to realize he had
LEFT his gloves at his house and would have to go back. Typical Nathan, thought his older sister
Gabby as she hurried out the door with his gloves which she LEFT open letting
in a lot of cold air. Gabby’s older
brother Braxton had watched the whole thing as he lay there watching vines on
his phone and promptly got up to shut the door and lock it. He didn’t do this to keep the cold air out but rather to
teach Gabby a lesson and to be the pain he was best at being. Gabby quickly turned after handing over the
gloves and making sure Nathan put them on his LEFT hand and on his RIGHT hand
and hurried back to the now closed door.
She banged with her LEFT hand and her RIGHT hand and then for good
measure gave the door a good kick with her RIGHT foot. Once Braxton determined she was cold enough Braxton opened the
door, laughing as he did…that is until Gabby kicked him with her RIGHT foot which
she already had raised to kick on the door again.
“Serves you RIGHT” said Gabby as she was the one now laughing. It was at that point that they realized they
didn’t know what crazy Nate was up to and decided to follow behind him dodging
to the LEFT and to the RIGHT so they wouldn’t be seen when he looked back over
his shoulder.
But let’s get back to Nathan and his big plans…
Nathan now with his LEFT and his RIGHT hand warm
hurried down the street turning RIGHT at the corner. He could now see the large Christmas tree
looming RIGHT in front of him and his eyes traveled RIGHT up the tree to the
very top and that is when he saw the commotion.
Standing on a high ladder were Mason and Tyler and in Tyler’s LEFT hand
was the star. Now the star hadn’t worked
in years but still it’s place was on top of the tree. Mason said something in Tyler’s LEFT ear and
they both laughed manically and started down the ladder. Again, Nathan had been taught to Choose the
RIGHT and knew RIGHT away that these two were up to no good and it was up to
him to save Christmas. He knew these two
were crafty and couldn’t be trusted and he needed help and fast. Putting the pinky from his LEFT hand and from his RIGHT hand in his mouth he whistled as loud as the hills. From his LEFT he heard what sounded like a
troop of Elephants charging him and before he knew it Cooper and Duncan were at
his side and from his RIGHT he heard galloping feet and a high pitched giggle
and before he could say the word Afton was standing at his RIGHT with a huge
grin. Now as we said before, Nathan was
a little LEFT of normal but when paired up with this gang they were a lot LEFT
of normal, most people would say a little crazy. Nathan felt better that he had support and again they were off to save
Christmas. Seeing the three join Nathan, Braxton and Gabbi decided it was time to reveal themselves and quickly joined RIGHT up with the troop.
Meanwhile across town Ally and Meg were shopping for the
perfect gift for their favorite uncle Daniel.
They had looked all year but knew this gift had to be just RIGHT because
they couldn’t love anyone more then they loved their uncle Daniel. As Meg held up another reindeer sweater for
Ally’s opinion they saw Mason speed by in his car with Tyler hanging out the
window shaking his fist in the air at someone who obviously was RIGHT behind
them. Ally grabbed Meg and LEFT the
store to see what was going on. It was
only then that they saw a pack of kids (some might say animals) in hot pursuit
of Tyler and Mason. Ally and Meg never
wanting to be LEFT out ran to their bikes and began following RIGHT away.
Mason whipped his car into a dark alley hoping to lose those crazy
kids that were throwing snowballs LEFT and RIGHT and he could have sworn he saw
Ally and Meg now leading the pack. Just
then Tyler got hit RIGHT in the face with a snowball he could have sworn was
thrown by Braxton. Tyler and he quickly
grabbed the star and headed into the seedy looking shop to their LEFT and
immediately shut the door RIGHT behind
them so they wouldn’t be seen. They rang
the rusty bell sitting on the desk, Mason nervously chewing the fingernails on
his RIGHT hand. To their LEFT a hand was
extended from behind a dirty curtain and a boy in black appeared his face
cloaked by a dark hood. “You got the
star?” he said. “RIGHT here” said Tyler
producing the star in his RIGHT hand but just then the door rocketed inward as
if thrown by a whirlwind and Tyler and Mason quickly realized RIGHT then that
the pack had found them. The boy in
black didn’t skip a beat and snatched the star out of Tyler’s RIGHT hand and
disappeared behind the curtain. Nathan
watched him go and although he didn’t see his face he could have sworn he saw
some sandy brown hair RIGHT under that hood.
Mason and Tyler shouted after him because they had been promised a
blizzard for their troubles in retrieving their star and now the boy in black
had disappeared with the star and they didn't have the promised blizzards. Nathan
glared at Mason and Tyler but again he had been taught to Choose the RIGHT so
he quickly forgave them and told them to join the pack to which they quickly
agreed. The pack dashed through the
curtain and found themselves in a dark maze but this is where Cooper, Duncan and Afton
came in handy as they were expert trackers and took the lead. They ran through the corridors turning LEFT
and RIGHT and LEFT again until they burst into the snow filled light of
day. Ahead they saw the hooded boy
running through the snow leaving footprints behind him. “Let’s save Christmas with a Ho Ho Ho”
shouted Nathan and the now rallied pack yelled RIGHT back in response “ho ho ho
and Let’s Go!”
The hooded boy dashed around the corner hoping to lose this
pack but knew Cooper, Duncan and Afton were expert trackers and would be hot on his
heels. He stooped low to enter a sugar
coated gingerbread house. Inside three
little girls hovered over a cauldren of hot Cocoa stirring it slowly with large peppermint sticks. The one with the wild eyes
looked up at the hooded boy and said “stop RIGHT there Alan”. Alan
gasped in surprise how did they know it was him. RIGHT then he removed his hood and brought out
the Star with his LEFT hand. “Sophie,
Molly and Lucy, “ he gasped, “I need your help and we don’t have much time” the
girls looked at the star and knew what had to be done taking each other by the
RIGHT hands they formed a circle around the star and began to sing “Star of
wonder…Star of Light…Star of royal beauty Bright”. RIGHT then the star began to glow growing brighter
and brighter as the girls sang.
Outside Cooper, Duncan and Afton although very good trackers had
lost the trail of the hooded boy, but just then to their LEFT light started to
glow out of a gingerbread house. “RIGHT
there” shouted Nathan and they quickly LEFT the spot they were in to hurry over
to the hut. Nathan grabbed the door and
flung it open and his breath LEFT him as what he saw was a Christmas
Miracle. The star that hadn't glowed in years was glowing inside the
circle of little angels as they sang and swayed to the LEFT and RIGHT. Just then they let go of their RIGHT hands
extending their little fingers outwards to hold hands with the pack of kids who
had burst in. The pack in hushed silence
took each other's RIGHT hands with their LEFT and formed an even larger
circle. They began to sing with the
girls “Star of wonder, Star of light”. Slowly the star rose into the air RIGHT then and there glowing even brighter as the pack now joined in the singing. Slowly it rose up up up out of the little
house and RIGHT to the top of the tree where it landed ever so gently.
“Alan,” asked Nathan looking RIGHT into his eyes, “how did you
know?” It was then that Alan took Nathan
by the RIGHT hand over to a little manger where Parker lay sleeping and Alan
said “Long ago I was told to always Choose the RIGHT and to remember that it’s
not about the presents under the tree but about a baby lying in a manger” he looked down at Parker. “Nathan,” he continued “having Parker in our
family reminded me of the baby Jesus so long ago and I knew that together we
could save Christmas and we did!” Nathan
looked at him flinging his RIGHT arm around him and then his LEFT hugging
Alan. Nathan turned to the group and
said, “Merry Chirstmas to all” to which
they all said RIGHT back “and to all a good night”!
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