'Neddy spoke up and said with all of his heart that he did wish to be Joe's rocking horse, more than anything. After that, the Manager made him sign a form to declare his true intent (for the Old Administrator's records she said) and finally got on with the return itself.
"For a successful
and happy return
I now send you on your way
And heartfelt wishes
they must be
spoken and signed
From you to Me."
Sang the Manager as she sprinkled the stardust onto Neddy's great head, tapping the phial until it was empty, and as Neddy looked down once more into her eyes he saw not silvery glittering stardust but flakes of real snow! And he was being carried through the streets with all the hustle and bustle of late shoppers and cars speeding by catching the falling snow in their headlights. The magic had worked! Neddy was no longer a race horse as he realise when he saw his reflection in a shop window. He was a rocking horse!
And so it was, a few days before last Christmas that Neddy had been purchased by Grandma as she had promised Joe's mum. He had made his grand entrance on Christmas Eve and was smuggled quietly into Joe's bedroom over by the window, just as he had seen in the big glass paperweight.
Neddy managed to have a quick look into the living room as he was carried round a corner of the hallway and was amazed to see the same glass ball on top of the television. And it had a little tree in it too. But that's magic for you thought Neddy, to find that here too. And as he remembered all these happenings only a year ago, Neddy rocked quietly back and forth thinking how lucky he was, for he knew that for many people and animals wishes never seemed to come true whatever they did.
"I bet the Old Administrator has put many a wish in his big old wastepaper basket." thought Neddy, "or altered the figures in his accounts book. I bet he had a wish refused once, and has never forgotten it." And pondering on this rather clever deduction, Neddy rocked himself to sleep.'
Chapter Two, Pages 8 and 9, Joe's Christmas - Smashwords.com
ah! I do hope you are enjoying the story and its magic as much as me and Owner are!! Tomorrow will see the start of Chapter Three - until then Big Love Wonka X
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