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A Christmas Miracle


           Samanwaya Saha, Class 4

           Once  upon  a  time  there  lived  two  kind
           hearted children named Clara and Tom in

           an  orphanage.  They  were  very  loving

           siblings.  They  had  a  pet  cat  named  Lisa.

           Every  year  on  Christmas,  the  children
           would  exchange  presents.  Even  Lisa  used

           to get presents! Christmas was thus the best

           and most exciting time of the year in their

           otherwise  boring  life.  Clara  often  used  to              Purvi Agarwal,  Class 5
           dream  that  one  year  she  would  get

           something  special,  something  magical;               As  the  trail  ended,  they  found

           though she knew it would never happen.                 themselves standing in front of a huge
                                                                  Christmas  tree.  They  were  both
           Soon it was another Christmas - it was time            astonished.  The  tree  looked  just  like

           for new presents! Tom opened his present               the magical tree they had once seen in

           first.  “Wow!  It’s  the  shirt  that  I  always       a film!
           wanted! Thanks Clara” exclaimed Tom.
                                                                  It was already evening and since they
           Then it was Clara’s turn. “Oh! What a pretty           had  to  stay  somewhere  until  they

           necklace!  I  love  it!”  Clara  hugged  the           could get back home, they went under

           necklace and as soon as she did so, a portal           the  tree  and  made  themselves

           opened right in front of their eyes.                   comfortable.  Soon  it  got  dark  and  it

                                                                  was bedtime. They created a fireplace
           Before  anyone  could  say  anything,  the
                                                                  to keep themselves warm. They had a
           portal pulled Clara inside. Tom tried to save
           her but he too was dragged in.                         very nice sleep, but Clara knew in her
                                                                  mind  that  something  was  going  to
           “Where are we?” asked Clara as she found               happen-  not  sure  whether  good  or

           herself  in  a  strange  place.  Then  out  of         bad.

           nowhere, a trail of light appeared. Having
           no other option, they followed the trail.                Background illustration by Iram
                                                                         Syeda Rahman,  Class 4
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