Paige was just too excited to think. Every single Christmas for their vacation she and her sister, Riley, would join the children's choir at Psalty's. Psalty was a singing songbook. They had been doing this ever since Paige was 5 and Riley was 8. Since they were out of their house, they knew how to handle pretty much everything. They both grew up with Psalty. Now Paige was 9 and Riley was 12. Three years from now Riley had to stop the children's choir and join the youth choir. But since they did this every single year, but why was Paige excited now? Well, this year, Paige will be in a different room. She used to be in the 'Younger Kids' room, but now she was finally going to the 'Older Kids' room with her sister.

The blonde-haired girls walked in a large room filled with Christmas decorations. There was a large garland of wreaths all around the walls. In the middle stood a huge Christmas tree. Paige knew this place very well, so she walked into her room without keeping her eyes away from the Christmas decorations. Riley reluctantly pulled her hand away.

"You're not going there anymore this year." She explained.

"Oh, yeah, that's right!" Paige giggled. Riley lead the way to the 'Older Kids' room. It wasn't exactly that much of a difference, only the rooms they'd be staying in, but Paige was still excited. She was excited about everything related to Christmas.

Paige and Riley stepped into the room that was just as equally decorated. All around there were kids chatting. Paige followed Riley to a nice little corner in the 'Girls' section and set her bags down.

"Here's where we'll be sleeping." Riley said, placing her white sleeping bag on the floor. Paige followed her sister and set down her bright blue sleeping bag and pillows. Paige picked up a small sheep stuffed animal with a blue bow and set it on her sleeping bag. She stared at Riley's, who had an identical sheep with a green bow. They had the sheep since they were 2 years old.

"So what do you want to do?" Riley asked, sitting down on her sleeping bag.

Paige sat down on hers.

"I don't know, I'm really looking forward to practice." She said. Riley smiled.

"Sure, we can just wait here." Riley said.

Paige and Riley picked a good seat at the third row.

"This is the part where Psalty comes!" Paige said excitedly, giving Riley a good shake. And sure enough, a songbook came onto the stage and waved.

"So hello everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful day!" He said. The kids cheered.

"To those of you who don't know, I'm Psalty the talking songbook, and we're here to perform for the church." More cheers.

"First of all, we need rules. The first one is not to wander off your rooms unless you need to go to the bathroom. But other than that, you are not supposed to wander around."

"Next rule, never bully or tease other kids here. We haven't gotten any incidents of this here at The Light House Mission, and we aren't willing to start. Everybody in this room is equal, and we should all focus on praising God. Miss Ellie, come over here, please."

A woman with a nice brown ponytail came up on the stage.

"It's Miss Ellie!" Paige exclaimed, as the kids cheered. Miss Ellie was Psalty's 22-year-old assistant.

"Miss Ellie is my assistant, and you can tell her if you feel that something is wrong." Psalty explained. Miss Ellie gave the kids a big smile.

"And chef Emerald here is your new chef." Psalty said. A chef came on the stage. He was wearing a nice white suit, and clearly new to Psalty's staff.

"So next rule is to always remember what we're here for, and that is to praise God. So let's warm up!" Psalty said. The kids cheered, and Miss Ellie helped the younger ones onto the stage.

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"So let's start by singing a simple 'Joy to the World'." Psalty said, as Paige found a good spot right next to her sister. Psalty opened up and handed each of the kids a page from his songbook. Paige stared blankly at the paper. It looked very dusty. Even if she knew the song, her voice seemed to rely on the notes. Miss Ellie gave a thumbs up and they started singing.

They were doing just fine, but halfway the kids got out of tune. Paige never realised the power of Psalty's pages. Nor did her sister. Nor did anyone... But this year his pages were clearly very dusty.

"What happened, Psalty?" One kid asked.

"It seems my pages are dusty." Psalty replied.

"Kids, you can go back to your rooms, and I promise we can figure this out tomorrow." He said. Miss Ellie and the kids looked worried. The kids got out of the stage and stacked up all their papers with "Joy to the World"

"It's never been like this before. Ever." Paige said. Riley nodded.

"Psalty is quite old..." She said. Paige looked at her sister like it was the end of the world.

"Riley, you don't mean..." She began,

"Paige, he's already 71." Riley replied.

"I'm surprised he isn't even taking a break for a year or two." Paige shook her head.

"But Psalty can't quit, he's been doing this for 20 years. That's even before we were born!" She exclaimed.

"And he won't be quitting any time soon." The girls heard a voice. They turned around to see chef Emerald.

"Psalty suggested I cook something for you guys, and kids aren't allowed in the kitchens." The chef said politely. Riley looked around.

"Oh, we just lost our way." She apologized. Paige nodded.

"Are you girls new around here? Because I sure am! Today I'm only going to use one burner, since, well, I can't really keep track of food around here." Emerald explained.

"Oh, we know how to cook," Paige said. Riley gave her a small nudge. Emerald looked surprise.

"Really?"

Paige nodded. They always had cooking classes.

"If I could, I'd let you in the kitchen, but I'm afraid you aren't allowed." Emerald explained once more.(talk about redundancy)

"Oh, I really need to get cooking. Have a good day, girls!" And with that, Emerald opened the kitchen door and went inside.

The kids all had a nice roasted chicken for dinner that night. The night that was supposed to be full of fun singing. But instead there was no Psalty, only Miss Ellie to keep them company. All the kids were bored, especially the younger ones.

"I think we should do something about this." One kid said. Paige, Riley, and the others nodded.

"Hey, I know!" Another kid added,

"We could wash his pages!" Psalty wasn't exactly paper. His pages were very special. So of course, they all had to agree.

"I don't really think washing the pages is a good idea." Miss Ellie said, blocking kids out of the bathroom.

"But what about Psalty?" One of the kids said. Miss Ellie looked at the small child.

"Psalty will find a way, I'm sure." Miss Elle replied. Riley and Paige were the only ones staying put in their seats.

"I think we should do it, though." Paige whispered.

"But how can we do it if..." Riley began, but Paige looked at her with a smirk. And since they were sisters, Riley knew what it meant.

"But we'd get in trouble..." She started. Paige sighed.

"I don't know what will happen, but wehave to sing for the church this year." She said. Riley shrugged,

"We could try." She said. Paige smiled. It was always better doing things with Riley.

Paige lay still on her sleeping bag , clutching her small sheep plushie andlooking at the ceiling. she couldn't sleep, thinking about the problem with Psalty's pages. Paige turned to the side.

"Psssstt... Riley, are you awake?" She whispered. Riley turned to face her.

"I guess it's just gonna be us doing this?" She asked. Paige sat up. Then almost everyone sat up.

"Nope. we're all doing this." She said. Nobody was guarding the room, so all the girls snuck out, and soon all the boys did, too. The kids got their own soaps out of their bags if they had some, and then they got some from the bathroom.

The kids walked to Psalty's room that was left unlocked for some reason, carrying all sorts of different soaps, and to their surprise Psalty was awake. There was a small desk lamp on his wooden table, and on it was a Bible. Psalty jolted up.

"You kids aren't supposed to wander around. Much less with soap in your hands." He said. A kid sighed.

"We just thought about washing your pages, Psalty." She said. The rest nodded. But one impatient kid was already scrubbing Psalty, who was terrified. The rest joined in. Soon, Psalty's pages were soaked. The kids took some note sheets and started singing a song called " Away in a Manger". It filled the whole room, but their voices started getting way too high. Miss Ellie, Emerald, and some other staff rushed in when they heard the song.

"Psalty what happened?" Emerald asked. Psalty was rubbing his eyes.

"Washing my pages wasn't the answer." Psalty said. The kids sadly stacked up the sheets, and Paige and Riley hung their heads.

"Kids, I'm really sorry. This was supposed to be a fun Christmas camp, and now it just turned into a Christmas calamity." The kids looked at the blue songbook sadly. For some, their first time at the Light House Mission was ruined. But for Paige and Riley and a few others, their whole life was ruined.

"We won't be able to sing this year, but that doesn't mean that we can't have fun." Miss Ellie told Psalty.

"I haven't experienced much, but I know that it's not by might, nor by power, but by the spirit that we can praise God." She added. The kids and staff nodded. Psalty smiled.

"I can't beleive I haven't realized that this whole time." He said. One kid spoke up.

"We just wanted to meet you, Psalty. It doesn't matter if we can't sing."

It was a very long moment, and almost everyone was sleepy. But they all realized that sometimes things don't go as planned, and all you have to do is deal with it.