Pocket's Christmas Wish
Author | : Ann Bonwill |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press - Children |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2014-11-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780192738851 |
ISBN-13 | : 0192738852 |
Rating | : 4/5 (852 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pocket's Christmas Wish written by Ann Bonwill and published by Oxford University Press - Children. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is Pocket's first Christmas. When he goes out into the snow to play with his brothers and sisters, he discovers a sparkling snow angel. It has been left by some children and their footprints wind away from the snow angel's skirt. Pocket asks the snow angel if she knows the meaning of Christmas but, of course, she does not answer. So Pocket decides that if he follows the footprints, they will surely lead him to discover the meaning of Christmas and he hops off. As Pocket follows the footprints his senses are filled with cheer - seeing his happy brothers and sisters playing on the frozen pond, hearing a little bird's joyful song, smelling the fresh wintry scent in the air, tasting the cold snowflakes on his tongue, feeling soft pine needles under his paws - but it is only when he reaches the children's cottage, and a carrot is placed on the doorstep for him, that he comes to an understanding of the meaning of Christmas. For, in sharing the carrot with a hungry wood mouse, Pocket knows the gift of g