Harry Potter Christmas Shoes
By: Brittany Cates
It was almost Christmas time
There I stood in another line
Trying to buy the last gift or two
Not really in the Christmas mood
Ron Weasley stood in line to buy some shoes for Neville Longbottom for Christmas that year. He wasn't really into the Christmas holiday this year and had gotten Neville regular old sneakers. He was sure his wife, Hermione, would chastise him for this, but he didn't care. He wasn't the type to go shopping for family and friends that was his wife's job. He sighed, extremely bored at having already been in the store for half an hour, an hour at the most.
Standing right in front of me
Was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing around like little boys do
And in his hands he held
A pair of shoes
A little boy was standing in front of Ron in the line and was pacing around in circles. He was holding some shoes, women's shoes it looked like. Ron was wondering where his parents were. He was also wondering if the kid even had money with him. 'I hope he's not planning on stealing those,' he thought to himself.
And his clothes were worn and old
He was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldn't believe what I heard him say
Ron waited for five more minutes and finally it was the boy's turn to pay for his shoes. Not a second later, he listened to what he heard the boy say. His eyes widened as he heard his words.
Sir I wanna buy these shoes for my Momma please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there's not much time
You see, she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful
If Momma meets Jesus, tonight
"Sir?" the little boy spoke up. "I'd like to buy these shoes for my mummy, please. They're the right size. Please hurry, Sir. Daddy told me there's not much time. Mummy's been sick for a while and I wanted to buy these shoes to make her smile. If Mummy meets Jesus tonight, I want her to look beautiful."
Ron's jaw dropped and tears glistened in his eyes. Wait 'till Mione hears this story, he thought to himself. She's going to cry. Ginny would too.
He counted pennies for what seemed like years
And cashier says son there's not enough here
He searched his pockets franticly
And he turned and he looked at me
He said Momma made Christmas good at our house
Though most years she just did without
Tell me Sir
What am I gonna do?
Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes
The cashier sighed as he counted out the money the little boy had given him. "I'm sorry, son, you don't have enough." He looked sympathetic as he told the boy this. The kid searched through his pockets to find more money but came up empty.
What surprised Ron was when the kid turned to look at him. "Mummy made Christmas the best Christmases ever at our house. But sometimes she did without. Please, Sir, what am I gonna do? I've got to buy her those Christmas shoes."
So I laid the money down
I just had to help him out
And I'll never forget
The look on his face
When he said Momma's gonna look so great.
Ron dug in his pockets for some extra money and gave it to the little kid, feeling the need to help him out. He would never forget the look on the kid's face when he said, "Mummy's gonna look so great."
Sir I wanna buy these shoes, for my Momma please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there's not much time
You see, she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful,
If Momma meets Jesus tonight.
The little boy repeated what he'd said earlier to the cashier and handed him the rest of the money which Ron had given him. "Just enough," said the cashier smiling sadly at the kid.
I knew I caught a glimpse of heavens love as he thanked me and ran out
I know that God had sent that little boy to remind me
What Christmas is all about
Ron stared at the door after the kid had thanked him and ran out. That day he knew he'd caught a glimpse of the angel's love and knew Merlin had sent that little kid to remind him of the Christmas spirit. And from that day on Ronald Weasley would forever remember the little boy and the spirit of Christmas. And as he suspected Hermione cried when he told her what he had witnessed that day. When he was alone, he cried too. And he told the story every Christmas to his children and grandchildren to remind them how good they had it, even if they weren't very rich. They still had a mummy AND a daddy.
Sir I wanna buy these shoes for my Momma please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful
If Momma meets Jesus tonight
I want her to look beautiful
If Momma meets Jesus tonight.
On Christmas Day, Ron and his wife realized the little boy had been Draco's son and his wife had passed away halfway through the day. He would forever remember the look on Malfoy's son's face and the grudge against Draco disappeared. Draco Malfoy and Ronald Weasley, a Gryffindor and a Slytherin, became friends and stayed that way until the day they died.
THE END