"Well fancy that." murmured the Manager sticking a piece of paper in the book to mark the page. Plainly, the star had fallen, and fallen into the right hands. She carefully popped the star back on the tree and it slid easily through the glass as the magic did its work. Never one to rush a job, the Manager sat back in her chair, reading glasses on top of her fine silver-blonde hair and twisted a curl at the back of her head.
"Now all I need," she thought, chewing on the top of the nearest pencil, "is to discover the whereabouts of the wish. Or, perhaps it will come true anyway, after that's what the book said." Her thoughts ran on and she leaned forward in her chair to look again at the star atop the Christmas tree in the glass ball. Like Neddy the previous year, she saw beyond the tree into a room. Although it was a very dark room and according to a clock ticking away on a shelf, in the middle of the night there was enough light coming through the window to make things out. Like it was snowing outside and settling on roofs and gutters. Inside the room she immediately saw the little glass snowstorm on top of the television and smiled knowingly.
"But of course!" She realised all at once what to look for. Yes there is was under the snowstorm and with a bit of luck she could just magic the Christmas List out of the glass and read it.
Chapter Three, Page 13, Joe's Christmas - Smashwords.com
Ah! the magic is well and truly here now folks!! and don't forget all this special season, whatever your circumstances (GULP big word for me.x) you can make your own wish just like Joe's Mum and Neddy before her...... more about Neddy and little Joe tomorrow and until then Big Love Wonka XX
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