YODULE ELF

MEET YODULE ELF AND READ HIS STORY

The Santa Stories.

Story 3.

 YODULE ELF.

 written by Derek Buckham, Val Buckham, Pete Barclay, Jim Greenleaf.

 Hello children it’s story time again, and this time I am going to tell you the story of how I met Youdule Elf.

 It all happened long ago after taking Snowy for a walk.  We would always walk along the same path every morning, and sometimes I would see huge foorprints in the snow.  I often wondered if it could be the footprints of a Yetti, but then I would tell myself that it could not possibly be because here in the North Pole, where everyting is magical and nice, we do not have such monsters!  

 The more I thought about these footprints, the more I wanted to find out who they belonged to so one day, with Snowy by my side, I decided to follow them!  We followed them for many miles when, all of a sudden, the weather began to change!  The once blue sky suddenly turned dark and stormy and it began to snow very heavily indeed!  Soon I realised we were lost!  “Snowy” I said, with a little tremor in my voice, “I think I will have to call Rudolph, and ask him to come and rescue us!”  So, I reached into my pocket and got out my mobile phone, but when I dialled the number, to my dismay, I could not get a signal!  A storm was starting to brew, and all communications were temporarily lost!

Oh dear, what was I to do?  It had become so cold, and the snow blizzard made it impossible to see anything around me!  “I’m so sorry Snowy,”  I said with a shiver,  “we are lost, and the only thing to do is to wait until the storm blows over!”  So, Snowy and I lay down in the snow, and huddled together for warmth!  Would the storm pass soon, would we survive the night I thought?  Although I was afraid and shivering from cold, I soon fell asleep with Snowy by my side.

When I woke up, to my surprise, I found that we were no longer outside in the snow, but under a big, fluffy blanket beside an huge roaring fire!  Beside the hearth stood two cups of steaming hot chocolate.  Thankfully, someone very kind had found us, and saved our lives. But who could it be, and how did we get here?

                 Just then, a big cheerful looking monster appeared before us and said, “good morning Santa, I am Yodule” So it was he who had saved our lives!  He then told me that he lived by himself and he did not have a family of his own.  I felt so sorry for him, he must be so loney I thought, when suddenly, Snowy ran over to him and started to lick him with affection.  “He’s made of Ice Cream,” Snowy barked, his tale wagging with excitement!  Imagine my surprise!

 Before I could ask him why he lived alone, Yodule told me he was the little boy that Santa forgot because every year he never gets a present from Santa.  Oh how ashamed I felt because, until now I did not even know who Yodule was!  I told Yodule that this year, I would not forget him, and on Christmas Eve, I would bring him a very special present!

 Just then, I looked up into the sky, the storm had psassed and I could see Rudolph, he had come looking for us. Yodule became scared and ran away before we could thank him. Rudolph landed, and both Snowy and I climbed onto the sleigh with a sigh, before flying home safely back to the North Pole. All the way home I kept thinking of Yodule, so when we landed, I went straight over to head elf and whispered in his ear what I would like him to make for Yodule.

Christmas Eve arrived, and after delivering all of the other presents I then flew off to see Yodule. As I flew over the ice cap, I could see Yodule sitting down there all alone.  As I landed I said, “Merry Christmas Yodule!”  “Oh Santa, where is my present? Your sleigh is empty, have you forgotten me again?” he said so sadly.  “No Yodule, I told you that you would have a very special present this year, but it is too big to carry on the sleigh, so jump on board, and I will take you to see it!” 

When we landed in the North Pole, Head Elf ran over to greet us. “Yodule’s present is finished!” he exclaimed excitedly!  “Come and see.”  We followed him around a corner, and there it was, an ICE CASTLE for Yodule to live in!  He would never be alone again. He would become part of our family in Santa‘s village.

                  Yodule started to cry with happiness. “Oh Santa, I am so happy, I have always wanted to be part of a family.”  “You now have a family my dear friend,” I assured him, “and from this day on you will be known as Yodule Elf.”

 From that day, it has been wonderful to have Yodule around, especially for the elves who visit his ice castle every day, and tuck into a brand of ice cream that only Yodule can make!  It is called Yodule Elf Treat!

                         Merry Christmas Santa,