CRAMP prompt: Write...following as...first line: What happened to the Christmas stockings? |
Stocking Stuffer What happened to the Christmas stockings? We hung them so carefully there. Were the doors that I thought I was locking, keeping out just the wintry night air? Nothing else in the house has gone missing - both computers and TVs are here and the silver is safe in the sideboard - just the stockings. Now isn't that queer? Shall I tell the police what was stolen? Is it worthwhile to make a report? On the floor, I am sure, they'd be rollin' after making a clever retort. Then I heard on the roof a faint clatter and I wondered just what it could be. Can it be I've gone mad as a hatter? Something new just appeared 'neath the tree! In a flash - without one thought of stalling - 'cross the room to the presents I sprang toward the box that was audibly calling with a song like the Sirens once sang. In a trice I had shredded the wrapping, the mysterious gift was laid bare. Then I leapt about shouting and clapping - the lost stockings, as if from thin air! Then my eye fell upon a short letter that had gone from the box to the floor: "Santa hopes these will serve you much better, as he's sized them to hold even more!" |