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Sarah Sues Santa – P.J. Leonard

all of them different. But all of them agreed on the same thing: it couldn’t be seen normally.
Something magical had to happen.
Night fell. Yes, it must be night too, I think. It’s a more magical time. I can’t imagine Santa’s
workshop appearing in the daytime, it just doesn’t feel right.
The last rays of sunlight crept up the North Pole, illuminating the silver ball at the top. Sarah felt a
thrill of excitement run through her. Yes! This is it! A shadow crept up the pole until the silver ball
was the only bright thing. It shone like a star, lighting up the night. Sarah felt a mystical power
ripple through her. She leaned forward, pressing her nose on the glass. Here we go...
The light passed over the ball, and everything went dark. Sarah waited. And waited. Then waited
some more. Finally, when it was too dark to make out anything outside, she stood up. Was that it?
No, it couldn't be, nothing had happened. Maybe it was something else that needed to happen
instead, like the Northern Lights. Maybe it was a button she needed to press on the pole. Oh, but she
had been so sure!
An idea struck her. Making her way over to the work desk, she looked over the explorer's maps.
Whoever lived and worked here must know the place pretty well. Maybe they've discovered the
secret.
The maps had tiny writing, and Sarah found them really difficult to read, but she soon found the
map of the North Pole area with lots of notes scribbled on it. Aha! This must be it! She scanned
carefully over the notes. But all it said was a lot of boring things about the thickness of the ice and
the location of polar bears. Maybe...maybe that’s the secret? She shook her head. No, of course not!
Sliding the map aside, she read her way through the piles of other papers, taking a handful of them
over to the sofa to sit by the warm fire. None of gave a hint that they had found so much as an elf,
let alone an entire workshop. She threw the last map aside and slumped on the chair. She gazed into
the low fire crackling in the furnace. A cold thought was creeping towards her, getting ever closer.
Maybe...maybe there isn't...
"No!" she said aloud, leaping to her feet. So these explorers hadn't found Santa's Workshop yet.
That might be the reason they were here! Maybe they were searching too! And maybe they hadn't
found it yet because - Sarah clapped her hands together - only children could see it! Ah, of course,
now that is an important rule. Zipping up her jacket and pulling on her hat and gloves, she stepped
back outside.

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