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The ‘Little Ole’ Donkey That Had Little To Say
By C. Ralph Bennett
It was the night before Christmas when all the beasts came together from the farthest places of the earth to talk. The first voice to be heard was the deep, rich bass of the lion. “I speak,” he said, “as the king of beasts.” And truly he looked a king with his beautiful thick mane and his tawny rippling muscles. “I won’t repeat my good deeds. I shall not again tonight repeat the shining stories of the days when the Romans loved me. I shall not recall the story of the one man, Daniel, who defied me in my own den — a story humbling to me — which I have often told you to prove I am not proud. I shall say nothing of my stealthy fury that makes the whole continent tremble at the very sound of my name…”
Robin Redbreast’s Christmas Song
A Scotch Folk Tale Retold
There was once an old gray Cat, who went for a walk one Christmas morning to see what she could see. As she was walking by a small lake, she saw a Robin hopping about on a branch.
Christmas In Magical Wood
Christmas is a very special time of year all over the world. But Christmas in Magical Wood is, well, magical! The Wood is covered with a blanket of pure white snow that glistens in the sunlight and sparkles in the moonlight. All the animals that live in the Wood wear their finest winter coats as they scurry about, preparing for Christmas. Papa and Mama Bunny have lived in the Wood for a long time and Bitsy, their little girl bunny, thinks it’s the best, most exciting place to live in the whole wide world, especially at Christmas time. But Christmas had not always come to the animals of Magical Wood. In fact, at one time, the little animals had not even known who Santa Claus was! One winter night, a long time ago, there had come a terrible snow storm. It was just one night before Christmas Eve. The wind had howled all night long, and it seemed as if the snow would never stop falling. In the morning, once the storm had passed, the animals awakened to find that the wind had brought something new to their pleasant forest home. The biggest, oldest tree in Magical Wood grew tall and straight in a clearing. It was a Fir tree. That’s the same kind of tree many of us like to decorate at Christmas. On that particular morning, the animals had found the wild Fir tree gaily draped with long, beautiful lengths of shiny silver rope! Since they lived deep in the forest, the animals had never seen anything like this before! The forest animals didn’t know that someone had decorated a great big Christmas tree in a town square far away.