ORLANDO'S ADVENTURES; PART III - CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK

by Jackie S Brooks

Orlando and Omar had a discussion

and decided that South they should go,

but they wondered how they would travel

now the land was all covered with snow.

A horse overheard the friends talking,

as he lived in the stable below,

“There’s a Pung going south in the morning

if you don’t mind a journey that’s slow.”

Said Orlando and Omar together

“And what is a Pung, may we ask?”

“It’s a sleigh pulled by me and my brother

and travelling through snow is its task.”

“And where will it take us?” said Omar,

the horse answered “To New York in one week,

if you come with us in the morning,

you will find the adventure you seek.”

So at daybreak they set off together

through the crisp and glistening snow,

and the chill of the wintry morning

set their cheeks and noses aglow.

Sometimes they rode on the horses,

perched up high on their backs,

and when Jack Frost nipped at their noses

they curled up on the sleigh among sacks.

For seven long days they travelled,

over two hundred miles to New York,

through beautiful wilderness country

thankful for not having to walk.

When they finally arrived in the city,

their new friends invited them to stay,

“Come live in our warm comfy stable,

it has a loft and plenty of hay.”

The very next day it was Christmas

and Orlando told his friends of the star

that hung over a stable in Bethlehem

to guide three wise men from afar.

A child was laid in the stable,

for him precious gifts they did bring

of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

 for a boy who was born to be King.

To be continued …..

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14^th June 2005

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