How Foo ruined the Christmas Pageant!

by thomasfan101

Christmastime is here again and Miriam's excited. She's thrown together a Christmas play and everyone's invited. It's a show based on the Grinch with lead roll played by Foo. He acts on stage to steal Christmas and might steal the show too. But things go wrong when this young lad paints Green over fur of Orange. So get ready for a jolly good time as you know what? I'm done rhyming.

1. Inspiration for the Show

It was Christmastime in Littlebark Grove and everyone was excited. Kratz was planning on getting Kathy a new binder to keep her favorite leaves in, Claire was baking cookies with her Mom (the nice one, not the oppressive one) and Miriam was reading How the Grinch stole Christmas to Michelle before putting her down for her nap.

"He brought back the toys! And the food for the feast!" read Miriam as Michelle yawned. "And he, he himself, The Grinch carved the roast beast!"

Miriam then closed the book and Michelle fell asleep. As she tucked her in, Miriam looked at Michelle, then she looked at the book cover. She had found memories of her mother reading the book to her when she was a little girl and she remembered reading it to Harvey when he was a little and then to the twins on their first Christmas with the Beaks' and the whole family loved the cartoon version (they all thought the Jim Carrey version was just okay). Memories of the story and her childhood came back to her and she smiled. Just then, her watch beeped (not too loudly though, the baby was still asleep) and she realized she had to get to work.

Later at the library, Miriam was stacking the shelves and awaiting a delivery of new books when Bartleburt floated by. "Merry Christmas, Bartleburt!" said Miriam. But Bartleburt was worried. "I'm not really having a very Merry Christmas right now Miriam, I only have 2 days left to come up with an idea for this year's Christmas Pageant or the council will cut our budget for the next 2 months."

Then she got an idea. A crazy idea. Miriam got a wonderfully crazy idea.

"Bartleburt," she said, "I think I might have an idea. For this year's Pageant, why don't we do How the Grinch stole Christmas?"

Bartleburt thought about it. "Can you have it ready by the 15th?" It was at this moment that Miriam knew that she was going to create something wonderful. At least, that's what she thought.

That evening after dinner, Miriam went into the living room and started painting a backdrop when Harvey came into the room. "Hey Mom, what are you painting?" he asked. "Harvey, you're gonna love this." Miriam said excitedly. "For this year's Christmas Pageant, we're doing How the Grinch stole Christmas!"

"No way!" exclaimed Harvey. "I love that book! Who's going to be in it?"

"Well, I'm thinking I'll be the narrator but other than that, I haven't cast anyone yet."

Just then, Michelle crawled up to the sofa, pulled a yellow blanket off and it landed on her head, giving the impression of her having yellow hair. Miriam saw this and said "Although, I think we've just found our Cindy-Lou."

Then Harvey thought of something. "You know who'd make a good Grinch? Foo. He already has the fur for it."

At that moment, Foo came into the room with a glass of white liquid. "Hey guys, is it cool if I drink this milk?"

"That's white paint."

"So, it's cool, right?" said Foo who had already drank some while Harvey was talking just then. Miriam then decided that she'd have to hold auditions as soon as possible.