Chapter 6: Kate's Wonderful Present
It was a very foggy night while everyone in the Read household was asleep. Loretta and Bud who were on the sofa bed in the living room below Arthur's room had their ears covered underneath hats: the one Loretta was wearing was purple, and the one Bud was wearing was blue.
At midnight, Santa Claus came by on a sleigh and stopped on the roof of the house. He came down through the chimney and crawled right out of the fireplace. Loretta and Bud could not even hear any sounds. Santa put the presents in the stocking for Kate. Santa then quietly walked into the dining room and ate a few cookies on the plate. Santa then walked back to the fireplace and out of the chimney, and then started flying to another house.
When sunrise came, Jane quietly came into D.W. and Kate's room to wake up Kate. Kate quietly climbed down the ladder. Kate followed her mother out of the bedroom quietly, and the rest of the girls in the room were still sleeping. Everyone else was still sleeping as well.
Kate quietly walked down the stairs with her mother and into the living room. Jane quietly picked up the stocking off of the fireplace mantel and held it down in front of Kate. Kate then reached inside the stocking, and much to her surprise…it was a stuffed white rabbit girl with pink yarns of hair, plus she was wearing a purple dress. She hugged the doll with cheerful delight. Then she put her present on the top bunk in her and D.W.'s room.
About a half hour later, everyone all woke up. They all went into the dining room, and much to their surprise, some of the cookies were eaten by Santa Claus. There were also some leftover cakes from last night.
During lunch, everyone was dressed casually, Grandma Thora stopped by once again, and the made one more Christmas dinner.
After a Christmas dinner, everyone started having fun for the rest of the holiday. Arthur started playing chess with Mo in his room, D.W. and Kate were playing together in their room, and Ricky and his sister were playing cards.
To be continued…