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Mama Tried to Raise a Lady
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Cookie lived with her Dad and her grandma in an apartment. After school she stayed with Grandma Sugar, her dad's mother. She spent the afternoons with Grandma Sugar until Daddy picked her up. Sometimes Grandma Sugar let her bake treats, like brownies.
Sometimes Cookie spent her vacation on the farm with her mother and her stepfather and her three little stepbrothers. Cookie loved her mother because she was so fun and so pretty. But she didn't like the farm all that much. The cow poop smelled and there wasn't much to do. Mostly, she just put on magic shows for her little brothers. She could even make Fudge appear in a hat and that made the little brothers giggle.
In the city Cookie and Grandma Sugar sometimes took the bus to mid-town for a shopping trip. Cookie loved it. They always went to her dad's restaurant, Cafe Stella.
Cafe Stella used to be called the Magic Cafe and Grandpa Jellyroll and Grandma Sugar owned it. Cookie missed her Grandpa Jellyroll. He had died during the summer and she missed him this Christmas. He had taught her all of his magic tricks. He was a magic specialist.
Cookie had Grandpa's sign hung up on the wall in her bedroom. It read:
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At Cafe Stella, Dad was the cook and he wore a white cook's coat and a cook's hat. When he saw her Dad always yelled, "Here's my little COOKIE!"
Cookie especially liked holidays in the city. The beautiful decorations made her feel the magic of the city. Just after school started and the cold wind began to blow the gold leaves off the trees, Halloween ghosts and goblins were up in every story. Then Thanksgiving turkeys and Pilgrims were everywhere. With the snows of December the Christmas trees and Santa made the city look like Magic Land. Every magic idea and thought could be found in the windows of the stores,
One afternoon just before Thanksgiving, Cookie sat down at the computer to look up more magic tricks. Because she was thinking of Christmas time, she typed in SANTA'S WORKSHOP. As she watched the picture load, Cookie got very excited. Santa had a live camera in his workshop! There were the elves and Santa too.
He wore red sweatpants and a shirt with big yellow flowers on it. Cookie nodded to herself. Sometimes she wanted to see flowers in the winter, too. Santa was looking in his huge Bag. He was holding a list as long as an unrolled roll of toilet paper!
Suddenly, Cookie noticed his bag had a big rip in it. She looked at the little envelope at the end of the page. To send Santa Claus an email, click here it said and there was a little hand pointing to the email letter. Cookie wrote:
"Dear Santa,
You have a hole in your magic bag. My grandpa taught me how to do magic before he died. Maybe I can use magic to fix your bag.
Love and Hugs,
Cookie
PS. All I want for Christmas is a book about Magic!"
"It's a feast," said Dad as he dipped his crusty bread in his bowl. "So, Cookie, how are you planning to fix Santa's bag."
"Oh, easy. Magic glue." Cookie said, eating a big noodle.
"That won't hold, Cookie. It will have to be stronger than that," said Grandma Sugar.
"Maybe hot glue or super glue," Dad told her scratching his head. "But I don't know-it has to be some kind of stuff that stretches with the weight of the bag."
"Oh, oh! What if Santa wants me to use magic to fix his bag and I can't!" cried Cookie. "What if all the kids on the planet don't get their gifts?"
Grandma Sugar put a dish of baked pears on the table. She smiled at Cookie and her face wrinkled up in joy. "You are such a good magician just like your Grandpa. I bet you will come up with something."
"I know you will, my little sugar Cookie or are you a chocolate chip Cookie tonight?" Dad pulled Cookie into his arms to give her a big hug.
Cookie giggled and said, "I'm a ginger snap! GR--rrrr!"
Dad and Grandma laughed. Cookie went to do her homework. Just before bed, she asked if she could check to see if Santa sent her an email.
But when she looked, there was no mail from Santa. But there was an email from her Mom. Her other Grandpa and Grandma Weiss were coming to the farm for Thanksgiving. Would Cookie like to come and share the turkey dinner with all the family? Cookie got excited and clicked the reply box on the email. She wrote YES! I love you. Then she drew a picture of a pumpkin pie on her computer and attached it to the email to her Mom. SEND! Zip! It was gone.
All the time Cookie was sleeping that night she tried to think of a magic trick that would fix Santa's bag. She dreamed of sewing with cobwebs and silk. She dreamed of gluing with tree sap and jelly. Cookie woke up very tired.
"Grandma Sugar, what would Grandpa Jellyroll do in a fix like this?" Cookie asked as she shook a few more Cheerios into her bowl. "I always have more milk than Cheerios. How come?"
Grandma Sugar sipped her tea. She looked out the window at the gray sky. Then she looked at Cookie.
"When your Grandpa had a problem, he wrote it down. Once he told me that writing it down helped him to think." Grandma Sugar said. "I miss him, but I like to remember all the fun we had."
"I miss him, too. I love you, Grandma Sugar," Cookie ran around the table to give her grandmother a big hug.
All day at school she tried to think about school. But inside, Cookie thought about the magic bag. She ate her lunch thinking about glue and thread. She played dodge ball thinking of thread and glue. And she tried to think of a magic trick that would keep the bag closed.
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YES! Cookie read the letter from Santa.
"Dear Cookie,
I am please to meet such a smart magician. I know you will help me with the magic bag; I asked the elves and they don't know how to fix it. I asked Rudolph and the reindeer and they don't know how to fix it. I will meet you at the park with my magic bag tomorrow. Please ask your Grandma to bring you to the park after school. Bring your magic with you. I thank you, dear little girl, for this help.
Hugs, Santa"
Cookie read the letter over and over. Then she read it to Grandma Sugar. They agreed that they would meet Santa in the park the next after noon. Cookie only had one night to work on her magic trick.
She typed in glue to the computer's search box. There were lots of places to go on the Internet to find out about glue. She also looked for thread. Then Cookie went to Magic, Incorporated.
When the black window with a red MAGIC came up on the screen Cookie looked for a search box. When she found it she typed in the word, HOLES.
Two places came up. Under holes, it had rabbit holes and sock holes. Cookie chose the second
"I guess a sock hole is sort of like a magic bag hole." Said Cookie to herself. She put in her secret password, candy, and waited for her answer.
To use magic to repair holes in socks, and other items of fabric, use a mixture of silk threads, flour, salt and one part powdered magic dust. Grind slowly in the palm of the left hand and carefully rub along the edges of the ripped object. Hold for five minutes.
Repeat seven times "Icky Mickey Whacky Door, Blam, close for evermore!"
Cookie printed out the page and folded it up to put in her backpack. She knew she could save Santa's bag now.
The next day was cold and blowing. Both Grandma Sugar and Cookie dress very warm for their meeting with Santa. Cookie carried all of her magic ingredients in a plastic bag.
When they got to the park they looked around. No man in a red suit. Nor even a man with a long white beard. Cookie ran around under the blowing yellow and golden leaves while Grandma Sugar read her Rocket Book.
Suddenly, a loud WHOOSH blew threw the park.
All the children and all the adults were frozen in place. No one could move except Cookie. She couldn't believe her eyes.
Right in front of her on the wide sidewalk, Santa Clause in his sled pulled by his reindeer, with Rudolph in the front sped to a screech. Cookie's eyes opened wide.
"Ho, ho, ho, Cookie! How are you, child? I can't thank you enough for this help. What a good girl you are to help me this way." Santa said to her. He WAS jolly. And so kind!
Cookie smiled at him.
"I know how busy you are this time of year, Santa so I will get right to work." Cookie told him, petting Rudolph's red nose and patting Dancer on her side.
Cookie took out her bag with its special ingredients. Santa took out his magic bag.
First Cookie poured all the things in the bag into her right hand. She carefully rubbed her thumb back and forth on her palm until it was all mixed up. Santa held the bag as she rubbed the gluey, sticky stuff along the torn edges of the rip in the magic bag.
Holding the edges together Cookie said,
"Icky Mickey Whacky Door, Blam, close for evermore!"
"Icky Mickey Whacky Door, Blam, close for evermore!"
"Icky Mickey Whacky Door, Blam, close for evermore!"
"Icky Mickey Whacky Door, Blam, close for evermore!"
"Icky Mickey Whacky Door, Blam, close for evermore!"
"Icky Mickey Whacky Door, Blam, close for evermore!"
"Icky Mickey Whacky Door, Blam, close for evermore!" shouted Cookie.
"It looks like you've done the trick, Cookie. You surely are following your Grandpa's magic traditions. I'll be sure to find the exact magic book for you on Christmas Eve." Santa said giving her a hug. He jumped in his sleigh and WHOOSH -he was gone in an instant.
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"Cookie, I don't think he's coming; it's getting cold. We should walk back to the apartment."" Grandma Sugar called. Cookie ran to her side.
Cookie told Dad and Grandma all about her meeting with Santa and the magic bag that night. She was very excited.
Grandma said, "I'm sorry that I didn't get to meet Santa, but I am so proud of you."
"I'm proud of you too. You're my little Christmas Cookie that's what you are!" Dad told her as he gave her a big hug.
The End