Fangle and Dink Wait Up for Santa
by 
Jabulani
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Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2003 Word Count: 296 Summary: I have been brewing an idea of a series of stories about an adventurous hamster...inspired by our own which has managed to escape his cage and go on the rampage regardless of what obstacles we put in his way. Here is my first go at an opener....aimed at 4-7 year olds.....will need good illustration |
“Fangle…what is the one thing in all the world you would like Santa to bring you for Christmas?”
“Dunno Dink. I didn’t know he brought presents for the likes of us; I mean hamsters and cats and all.”
Dink was a hamster with big ideas that sometimes got him into a lot of trouble. And Fangle was his best friend in all the world. The fact that Fangle was a cat did not worry Dink. He could tell right from the start that this was a cat with a warm heart. Sure enough, Fangle was a friend you could trust. A friend who always knew the right thing to say. And when Dink’s plans did not go quite the way he expected, Fangle was always there to make things right again.
Dink stared out the window blinking at the stars.
“If Santa did remember us though, what would you wish for?”
“Well now that’s a big question. I’d have to think about that. After all what do you give the cat who has everything? What would you ask for Dink?”
“Ah well, now that’s easy! I have already written to Santa and have told him there is only one little thing that I’d like for Christmas and that, my dear Fangle, is for you and I to take a ride in Santa’s sleigh.”
For a moment Fangle let this idea settle in his head and then with a sudden expression of both shock and delight he whistled
“ Blimey!”
“ Well of course I don’t know if he will or not. He’s too busy to write back. But don’t worry I’ve got a plan.”
Fangle and Dink drew closer and the little hamster hurried through the basic steps of what was to happen that very night.
“Dunno Dink. I didn’t know he brought presents for the likes of us; I mean hamsters and cats and all.”
Dink was a hamster with big ideas that sometimes got him into a lot of trouble. And Fangle was his best friend in all the world. The fact that Fangle was a cat did not worry Dink. He could tell right from the start that this was a cat with a warm heart. Sure enough, Fangle was a friend you could trust. A friend who always knew the right thing to say. And when Dink’s plans did not go quite the way he expected, Fangle was always there to make things right again.
Dink stared out the window blinking at the stars.
“If Santa did remember us though, what would you wish for?”
“Well now that’s a big question. I’d have to think about that. After all what do you give the cat who has everything? What would you ask for Dink?”
“Ah well, now that’s easy! I have already written to Santa and have told him there is only one little thing that I’d like for Christmas and that, my dear Fangle, is for you and I to take a ride in Santa’s sleigh.”
For a moment Fangle let this idea settle in his head and then with a sudden expression of both shock and delight he whistled
“ Blimey!”
“ Well of course I don’t know if he will or not. He’s too busy to write back. But don’t worry I’ve got a plan.”
Fangle and Dink drew closer and the little hamster hurried through the basic steps of what was to happen that very night.