Story time: Christmas vol. 2

Both of my older kids have a hard time with writing. They both have their own struggles, but often times convincing the to put their thoughts into words is a dreaded activity for them. This year, you elf on the shelf, Eli, decided to encourage the four of us who can participate, to conquer this challenge and write one story each for the two writing prompts we were to pick form the bowl. At first the kids groaned about it, but Eli specifically told us in the letter he delivered with the bowl of prompts that he would not be returning to us until we completed our task and then shared with one another our works of art. It was during the sharing that we realized just how much fun this task really was!

This is one of the stories my 16 year old son wrote. His favorite color is green (he wears it every day) and he's short so his friends have given him the nick name of Leprechaun and he has embraced it eagerly. Keep that in mind as you continue to read.

                  Prompt: I heard a noise on Christmas eve and when I investigate, I came face

                                  with Santa. This is what happened....

I heard a noise on Christmas eve and when I investigated, I came face to face with Santa. This is what happened....

Santa stood before me, beard a dirty brownish and ruffled, a boot and his hat missing, sharpened candy cane in hand with more red then you would normally see on your standard cane shaped peppermint. He looked at me with an intense look in his eyes then pushed me in front of hi as if I were his human shield and said, "Sorry, kid. No presents this year. Cupid started the second holiday icon war and Santa ain't loosing again!"

He looked around as if to see if we were being watched and then ran outside, only to get pelted with explosive plastic eggs. My heart pounded. I heard chaos outside and decided St. Patty's day won't lose this time, either so, I donned my green tux and hat and quickly used the secret passage that lead to the end of my rainbow and jumped into my pot of gold for cover. 

I knew which holiday icons to go for first because I knew I could take them. Being a holiday icon has it's perks. Immortality, super strength, speed, ect. but only in our suits which, for me, is a black and green tux and a green and white hat. We still get into arguments that take form in violent bloody wars between immortals that only end when we give up, get tired, or get knocked out. 

I know who to go for first. The Tooth Fairy.Tooth fairy has an arsenal but when it comes down to hand to hand combat, (every leprechaun's specialty), cupid is an easy K.O, so it surprises me that he started the war this time. He probably got fed up of being a doormat. 

Just as I left my passageway, I heard a musket shot. I turned to see a full plate of food flying at my face. The Thanksgiving Turkey. I almost forgot about him, but he's nothing special. Just a turkey with a pilgrim hat and a musket that he stuffs with food. Also, he can talk.

I barely dodged the plate but I think he got a bit of gravy on my hat. There are many things you can do to anger a leprechaun but the easiest way is to ruin his perfect, green suit. That's unsurvivable. I charged the ugly piece of poultry full force and punched hi right in the gizzard. It felt really gross, actually, kind of like hitting a bag of mud. But at least I hit him. He shot some meat and potatoes at me. The meat missed but the potatoes were a direct hit. Then I realized the potato was not mashed so I just got nailed in the face with a whole potato. 

"You do realize the eat you just shot could have been like your cousin, right? Does that not bother you?" I asked, honestly curious but he just gobbled, "When I'm done with you, I shoot you out of this thing!"

"Yea good luck with that! Ha! Get it? Luck cause I'm a leprechaun!" 

"I'd be thankful if you stopped talking and just focused on the fight," he said after my terrible joke. 

"Fine. Be that way. That wasn't my best work, anyway."

After awhile of food related injuries and poultry punching, I came out on top. I pulled out a green marker and crossed off Thanksgiving from my list.