'Neddy spoke up. "I'm sorry you didn't get your train set, but perhaps it was somebody else's wish come true." Again Neddy had hit on the truth as this was indeed the case. Checking the records in her own up-to-date ledger, the Manager was able to prove it. But time was running short and if they didn't hurry up dawn would break and Neddy's return would be delayed. "After all you need the night sky to guide you and the light would wake little Joe."
So saying the Manager became very business-like and the Old Administrator sat straight up in his chair, with dignity now, found by simply telling the truth.
"I shall do the figure work this very minute and mark it URGENT," he said firmly, unlocking the ledger and picking up his best fountain pen which wrote in purple ink. "And I," said the Manager, "will do some fast magic reserved for trouble-shooting occasions like this one!" She smiled and gave Neddy a reassuring pat. "Oh and you will need another neckerchief - now I know I saw one somewhere, was it in the top drawer? No, maybe I made that up, perhaps it was in my desk or was it -" The Old Administrator feeling quite restored and proud of himself quietly pulled open the second drawer down and picked out a yellow neckerchief with red spots. "I'm sure no one will notice it was the other way round" he said "and I would very much like little Joe to have this." The old mad tied the scarf round Neddy's neck and put a tiny model sports car into Joe's hand. Although Joe slept on, his small fingers closed over the car and thus the gift was accepted.
Now it really was time to go and in the true nature of dreams, one minute they were all together and the next, Neddy was racing homewards through a fading night sky towards a different light breaking over the land of earth.'
Chapter Four, Pages 19, 20, Joe's Christmas - smashwords.com
Do join me tomorrow as we meet more characters in the story!
big Love WonkaXX
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