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By
George Milne
A
Very
Merry
Hamster
Christmas
Illustrated
By
Leandi Roux

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George and the hamsters were very excited! It was
Christmas Eve and they were all getting ready for
Christmas. They made eggnog and cookies for Santa
Claus, and prepared sugar cubes for the reindeer.

When everything was ready, George
and the hamsters sat in front of the
TV with Christmas snacks and hot
chocolate. Suddenly, there was a
loud knocking on the door.
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“Who could that be?" wondered George. As he peered out
the window, he saw an old man with a long white beard
wearing a red robe. "Oh!" he exclaimed. "It's Santa Claus!"
"What?!" squeaked the hamsters, who ran to the door.
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“Hello!" George said.
"You must help!" cried
Santa. "The reindeer have
eaten far too much
Christmas pudding and
cannot pull the sleigh.
With so many presents
to still deliver, there
will be a lot of sad little
boys and girls if they
wake up tomorrow
with no presents."
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“Can you help?" asked George, turning to the Major. The Major
nodded. "The hamsters will do what they can!" he replied.
"What can we do?" asked the other hamsters.

"Pull the sleigh and pass out the presents," Santa instructed.
"Lead the way—we'll leave at once!" said the Major. The
hamsters quickly followed Santa. On the roof of a house,
they could see his sleigh with all the reindeer lying down,
fast asleep. They ran to the house. The hamsters scurried
up the wall and helped George up.
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“Right," said Santa, "Could the biggest and strongest hamsters
please line up?" asked Santa. The hamsters arranged themselves.
George looked at the harness. "It's too big for the hamsters.
It won't fit."Santa smiled and reached into his pocket, pulling
out a paper bag from it, he poured out a little dust that he
sprinkled over the harness, which shrunk to fit the hamsters.
"Magic," Santa winked. George was speechless!
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"Now," Santa said, "The hamsters don't know how to land on
roofs, so we will have to keep the sleigh in the air," he
explained. "How will they do that and deliver presents?"
asked George."I will sprinkle just a little magic dust and the
hamsters can fly into all the houses with the presents,"
Santa replied with a twinkle in his eye. "All the hamsters
need to do is close their eyes and imagine Christmas."
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Santa chuckled. He sprinkled magic dust on the other hamsters,
and when he called out, "Go, go, go!" the hamsters pulling the
sleigh started to run. Suddenly, they were in the air!
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"Nandi first," said George, looking at Santa's list, feeling as if he were
dreaming! Santa reached into a big sack and pulled out some brightly
wrapped presents. "A football, her favourite team's jersey,a book and
some sweets," he said, handing these to one of the hamsters who
stared at him, not knowing what to do. Santa sprinkled magic dust
over the hamster. When he said, "Go!", the hamster suddenly
jumped up and flew off to Nandi's house.
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“I will fly down the middle of the street. George and the Major,
you pass presents to the hamsters, which they will then deliver
to the children," said Santa. "How will we know what present
goes to which child, and where they all live?" asked George.
"Don't worry about that!" said Santa. "The presents will tell you.
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As they were passing the presents to the hamsters,
George turned to the Major and asked, "Have you noticed
that the sacks are not getting empty?""It's magic," replied
the Major, and Santa laughed. 12

There were two big sacks of presents in the sleigh. George and
the Major took one each. George reached into his sack and
pulled out a present. "Football for Peter," the present said, out
loud. George passed the present to a hamster who flew off
to deliver it. The Major took out a present from his sack.
"Teddy bear for Sally, " it said. He looked at George and
nodded before handing it to another hamster.
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They flew over farms and forests, deserts, seas and mountains, leaving
presents for children in each home, even the igloos in the frozen north.
As they made their way home, the sun was rising.
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"Look!" said George. "There's Nandi." And there she was, chasing
her football with her kitten.They soon landed in George's garden,
where Santa's rather sheepish looking reindeer were waiting.

"Thank you," Santa said to the hamsters. "You have made a lot
of children very happy. See you next year!" And off they flew.
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"Goodness, that was exciting!" said George. "But… Hold on… We
never delivered any gifts to us!" he howled, dismayed. "I am
quite sure that Santa would not have forgotten us," the Major
declared. But in the living room, the hamsters' little stockings
were empty, and there were no gifts under the tree.

"Oh no!" wailed the hamsters. "Santa forgot us," they said,
and they all looked very sad.
"No, he hasn't!" cried the Major. "Look here!"
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All the hamsters ran to the guestroom. In the centre of the
floor was an enormous pile of Christmas biscuits and around
the walls, heaps of presents, all wrapped up in brightly
coloured paper.
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"Hooray!" roared the hamsters, who rushed into the room to each
get a biscuit and look for their presents.
George helped himself to a biscuit and stood watching at the door.
He thought he heard, "Did you really think that I would forget you
all? Merry Christmas. Ho, ho, ho!"
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“How did he do that?"
wondered George before
remembering what
Santa had said.
"Magic."
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