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recently wrote a co-wrote a new children's book with my 12-year-old sister it is called Santa Claus on strike basically Santa Claus elves think that he is to mean and that they could do a better job without him
please Read it and tell me what you think
[http://www.filehosting.org/file/deta..._on_strike.pdf
my apologies for the bad spelling and grammar in the post I am disabled and you speak recognition which is not always 100 accurate


or those having problems with link, here is the text minus the pictures and worksheets at the end of the book

Santa Claus on Strike



Ali bright and Ian Arkomoe
















Copyright

ISBN:
978-1-105-75609-2
This book is copyrighted under the Australian copyright act 1975 and should not be reproduced in any form without prior written consent from the authors. The authors also reserve the right to deny any publication/reproduction for any reason what so ever.
 
 
Once upon a time Santa Claus was busy helping build the wonderful toys,
for all of the little girls and boys.

With his big jolly laugh,
And his long red scarf

Hold on hold on….

Something is wrong,
The elves aren’t singing their happy song.



Then the reindeer started to cry,
And now they have started to fly up into the sky.


Oh deer, oh deer,
What’s going on here?

No one was happy,


They were all sick,
Of making toys for good old saint Nick


They had had it with Saint Nick,
He was making them feel sick

They thought Santa had lost his way,
By making them working 23 hours a day

As far as they were concerned Santa was mean,
Making them work like a machine

By now Santa had figured out,
What all of this fuss was about

“Ahh you’ll see,
Try and bring happiness without me

After all, the children sit on my knee,
And tell me what they want underneath their Christmas tree

And I see who is naughty and nice,
And I even check it twice

Oh yeah that’s right, it’s Santa Claus that everyone knows,
They only know of you Rudolf because of how your nose glows

You elves don’t have proper names,
They’re like little toy games.”

And at the very moment they yelled back,

“Hey Santa, go on leave
We elves and reindeer have tricks up our sleave

You say we are useless and it’s a one man show,
Why don’t you hurry up and go go go

We’re sick of all this talking, yes, we’re sick of all that,”
Said Stevie who popped up in his little green hat

“We hate to be mean,
But working here is obscene,”

“Alright” said Santa Claus “I will go,
You will be sorry you know.”

And with that Santa started to walk,
As he walked elves began to talk


‘Good riddens’ one said,
One made a snow ball hitting Santa in the head.

Saint Nick did not even turn around,
All he did was just frowned.

The elves were excited and filled with surprise,
They didn’t realise that Santa was not telling lies

And soon they found out what Christmas was all about,
With no one to keep them in order, they began to shout.

They couldn’t make toys,
Because there was so much noise
Nor could they communicate with the girls and boys,
So they didn’t find out what they wanted for toys

They eventually ran out of time,
They didn’t finish a single present, not even mine

It seemed like Santa was right,
This plagued the elves late at night

By now it was clear,
The elves needed Santa here

But what they didn’t know was that,
Santa wasn’t the real Santa in fact

He was a man, who did whatever he wanted to do,
Turn Santa’s workshop into a pile of doggy doo

Although the elves didn’t have a clue,
They did exactly what he wanted them to
But where is the real Santa Claus you may ask,
He was kidnapped and he had to put on a mask


Rude Rick was his name,
He had put everyone to shame

You see he was not a good boy like you and me,
He never got presents under his Christmas tree


Just a huge pile of coal,
Which he put in a big hole

As Christmas came near,
All the elves were thinking ‘I wish Santa was here’

But then, it became clear,
Santa was already here


They realised Santa wasn’t mean,
Santa was jolly and never obscene


So they wondered where he’d be,
“Maybe he lost track of time and is under a tree?”

“I’ve found something come here!
Oh my, Santa’s scarf it’s by Dancer the reindeer,”

“Dancer!” they all shouted,
“It’s no help,” Stevie doubted

Just then they heard moaning,
It was the real Santa, he was groaning


“Santa! Help us” they shrieked, Before they even started untying Santa’s feet,
Which were really sore because they badly needed heat

“Who did this to you Santa?” the elves asked,
“The naughtiest kid I know RUDE RICK he kidnapped me then I was masked!”


Santa yelled “We must stop him, and stop him quick,
He is ruining Christmas, that evil Rick!”

“Turn on the machines and turn them on fast,
Let’s make Christmas happen and make it a blast!”

“I’ve got a list to check, and I’ve got to check it twice,
Because as you know I need find out who’s been naughty and nice!”

The elves cheered with glee,
To have the real Saint Nick to deliver presents to you and mee!



All of the sudden the lights went out,
“It’s him, it’s him!” They all began to shout.

“HO HO HO,
It’s Santa don’t you know!”


“Aren’t you all sad I had to go,
I proved you wrong though,”

“Christmas is two days away and you haven’t even made one single present!”


“We know you’re not Saint Nick,
But we know that you are Rude Rick!”

And you know what happened now,
So there’s no point telling you anyhow

Ok, ok I wouldn’t do that I’m not like rude rick, now where was I…..

Santa yelled “Go home Rick you don’t belong here,
I don’t want to see you again you here!”
As the elves rushed to be completed,
They cheered knowing Rude Rick had been defeated.

As Santa loaded up the sleigh,
He thanked the elves for their work each and every day.

When the sleigh took off and the reindeer flew,
Everyone clapped because there was nothing left to do.

All except to,
Deliver present from me to you!!!





The End








About the authors
Ian Arkomoe has passion for writing, and has been doing it since he was young. His imagination hopefully will transcend through the pages and captivate the readers mind. He also has a strong love for music and early childhood development.
Ali Bright is a young aspiring author with an interest for creating enchanting places with the can be lost in. Like Ian she also has a passion early childhood development.

Other Books by these Authors:

Confused Kate
Steve and Richard go to sea world
Gabriella(coming soon)
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