A Kidnapped Santa Claus (Illustrated)
Kids, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Magic, Action/Adventure
| Author: | L. Frank Baum | ISBN: | 1230001477382 |
| Publisher: | Reading Bear Publications | Publication: | December 19, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | L. Frank Baum |
| ISBN: | 1230001477382 |
| Publisher: | Reading Bear Publications |
| Publication: | December 19, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
A Kidnapped Santa Claus is a perfect bedtime short story. The story opens with a quick overview of Santa's castle in the Laughing Valley. In the five Caves surrounding the Valley are people known as "the Daemons." These people are not all bad. Four of the five, the Daemons of Selfishness, Envy, Hatred, and Malice, are not good, but the fifth, the Daemon of Repentance, is sort of this way-that way.
The Daemons resent Santa Claus because children under the influence of his gifts rarely visit their caves. They decide to solve this problem by kidnapping him. So, as he is riding in his sleigh on Christmas Eve, they lasso him and take him to their caverns. Will Christmas be ruined? How will Santa deliver presents to children? Things do not look good!
But, Santa Claus is not alone when he makes his rounds: a fairy, pixie, knook, and ryl travel under the seat of his sleigh; once they realize Santa is gone, they decide to try to deliver the gifts to children around the world. This works out pretty well, although they do make some mistakes; they deliver a toy drum to a little girl and a sewing kit to a little boy. Nonetheless, they manage to save Christmas. Then they report Santa's absence to the fairy queen. Her army sets out to rescue Santa. However, the Daemon of Repentance has already released Santa. Santa meets the army on its way, and turns it back from attacking the daemons. Whew! That was a close one!
L. Frank Baum was an American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost works", 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high risk, action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work). Source: Wikipedia
A Kidnapped Santa Claus is a perfect bedtime short story. The story opens with a quick overview of Santa's castle in the Laughing Valley. In the five Caves surrounding the Valley are people known as "the Daemons." These people are not all bad. Four of the five, the Daemons of Selfishness, Envy, Hatred, and Malice, are not good, but the fifth, the Daemon of Repentance, is sort of this way-that way.
The Daemons resent Santa Claus because children under the influence of his gifts rarely visit their caves. They decide to solve this problem by kidnapping him. So, as he is riding in his sleigh on Christmas Eve, they lasso him and take him to their caverns. Will Christmas be ruined? How will Santa deliver presents to children? Things do not look good!
But, Santa Claus is not alone when he makes his rounds: a fairy, pixie, knook, and ryl travel under the seat of his sleigh; once they realize Santa is gone, they decide to try to deliver the gifts to children around the world. This works out pretty well, although they do make some mistakes; they deliver a toy drum to a little girl and a sewing kit to a little boy. Nonetheless, they manage to save Christmas. Then they report Santa's absence to the fairy queen. Her army sets out to rescue Santa. However, the Daemon of Repentance has already released Santa. Santa meets the army on its way, and turns it back from attacking the daemons. Whew! That was a close one!
L. Frank Baum was an American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost works", 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high risk, action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work). Source: Wikipedia
