'Neddy rocked impatiently back and forth as he could hear them on the stairs and was desperate to know who the new neighbour was. 'Is this the beginning of the magic?' he thought, and rocked even harder in anticipation. Then the man and Joe did come upstairs and luckily for Neddy, with the bedroom door open, he could hear everything.
Edward STARS Mummy!" shouted Joe running into the living room and knocking into his toybox. "Actually," smiled Edward, "It's Starz, with a z, and I'm very pleased to meet you - I'm your new downstairs neighbour."
He shook hands with Joe's mum and explained about the house being too big now and how he had found this flat just in time for Christmas - the Landlord happened to be an old school friend. "Such luck - there I was, all sold up and nowhere to go!"
Neddy listened and waited, he knew the Manager of the Returns Department must have worked some really special magic and he was so impatient to see what would happen next.
As Edward sat in the chair by the fire, with Joe bringing him his total car collection one by one, he suddenly noticed the snowstorm in its glass on top of the television. "Well I haven't seen one of these for years - what a charming thing it is too." Picking it up to shake it, Edward disturbed the Christmas list underneath which fluttered to the floor. Little Joe, remembering Granny's long talks on 'tidying up' handed the piece of paper back to Edward, who naturally began to read what was written there. "Well well," and here Edward glanced at little Joe, "I think this is rather an important list we have here - I wonder if it's not too late....."
Chapter Five, Pages 23 and 24, Joe's Christmas - smashwords.com
Tomorrow we shall see what Edward Starz does next and how the magic is working! Big Love Wonka XX
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